Thani Thongphakdi

Thani Thongphakdi
ธานี ทองภักดี
Thai Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Assumed office
November 29, 2022
MonarchVajiralongkorn
Prime MinisterPrayut Chan-o-cha
Srettha Thavisin
Preceded byPisanu Suvanajata
Thai Ambassador to Ireland
Assumed office
November 29, 2022
MonarchVajiralongkorn
Prime MinisterPrayut Chan-o-cha
Srettha Thavisin
Preceded byPisanu Suvanajata
Thai Ambassador to the United States
In office
2019–2020
MonarchVajiralongkorn
Prime MinisterPrayut Chan-o-cha
Preceded byVirachai Plasai
Succeeded byManasvi Srisodapol
Personal details
EducationAustralian National University (BEc, BS)
Georgetown University (MS)

Thani Thongphakdi (Thai: ธานี ทองภักดี) is a Thai Courtier (Special Attached Officer to the Bureau of the Royal Household Level 11 (Thai: ประจำสำนักพระราชวังพิเศษระดับ ๑๑) and formerly a Thai diplomat and the Thai Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland from 2022 to 2024. Thani previously served as the Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 2020 to 2022, and as Thai Ambassador to the United States from 2019 to 2020.