Pattaya mayor celebrates turning 40

Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome receives birthday wishes from the Ngampichet family & friends.

Thanachot Anuwan
Pattaya Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome celebrated hitting the big 4-0 in a home celebration with family and friends.
Among the many guests at the Dec. 15 birthday celebration at his house on Naklua Soi 12 were outgoing MPs Santsak and Poramet Ngampichet, outgoing Culture Minister Sonthaya Kunplome, his brother, Chonburi Provincial Administrative Organization President Wittaya, and his mother Satil, who heads the Chonburi Women’s Development Group.
Itthiphol was born Dec. 15, 1973 in Chonburi. He graduated with bachelor’s degree in law from Chulalongkorn University and master’s degree in from Golden Gate University in the United States. He is the eighth mayor of Pattaya and took office on May 4, 2008 and was reelected last year.

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