Panitan Wattanayagorn

Panitan Wattanayagorn
ปณิธาน วัฒนายากร
Panitan Wattanayagorn in 2010
Deputy Secretary-General to the Prime Minister and Acting Government spokesperson
In office
30 December 2008  31 July 2011
Prime MinisterAbhisit Vejjajiva
Preceded byNattawut Saikua
Succeeded byThitima Chaisang
Personal details
Born (1960-12-16) 16 December 1960
Yala, Thailand
SpousePimkarn Chanarath
Alma mater
OccupationPolitical scientist

Panitan Wattanayagorn (Thai: ปณิธาน วัฒนายากร) is a Thai political scientist and an associate professor in the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University. He has held advisory and executive positions in government of Thailand administrations over the past two decades. He is Chairman of the Prime Minister's Security Advisory Committee and an adviser to the National Security Council and a member of Thailand's National Cyber Security Committee.