{{Short description|Thai minister of education}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Abhai Chandavimol | native_name = อภัย จันทวิมล | native_name_lang = th | image = Abhai Chandavimol.png | alt = | caption = Abhai Chandavimol at the Grand Palace | order = | office = Minister of Education | prime_minister1 = Sanya Dharmasakti | prime_minister2 = Thanom Kittikachorn | term_start1 = 14 October 1973 | term_end1 = 22 May 1974 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = Kriang Kiratikorn | term_start2 = 18 December 1972 | term_end2 = 14 October 1973 | predecessor2 = Sukit Nimmanhemin | successor2 = | birth_date = {{birth date|1907|2|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Chanthaburi, Thailand | death_date = {{death date and age|1993|4|16|1907|2|16|df=y}} | death_place = Bangkok, Thailand | spouse = Thongkond Chandavimol | profession = Educator | children = | alma_mater = University of Cambridge }} {{needs IPA|lang=th|date=April 2026}}
'''Abhai Chandavimol''' ({{langx|th|อภัย จันทวิมล}}1907-1993), the Thai Minister of Education served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1965 to 1971, representing The National Scout Organization of Thailand.
In 1971, Chandavimol was awarded the ''Bronze Wolf'', the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, at the 22nd World Scout Conference.<ref name="wolfie">{{Cite web | url = https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/List | title = List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award | publisher = WOSM | website = scout.org | access-date = 2019-05-01 | archive-date = 2020-11-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201129053624/https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/List | url-status = dead }}</ref>
== Honour == received the following royal decorations in the Honours System of Thailand: * 1967 - 80px|border Knight Grand Cordon of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant * 1963 - 80px|border Knight Grand Cordon of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand * 1965 - 80px|border Knight Grand Commander of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao * 1988 - 80px|border Member of the Order of Ramkeerati * 1941 - 80px|border Medal for Service Rendered in the Interior (Indochina) * 1962 - 80px|border Border Service Medal * 1951 - 80px|border Chakrabarti Mala Medal * 1971 - 80px|border King Rama IX Royal Cypher Medal, 3rd Class * 1957 - 80px|border Red Cross Medal of Appreciation, First Class (Gold Medal)
==References== {{Reflist}} *Dr. László Nagy, ''250 Million Scouts'', The World Scout Foundation and Dartnell Publishers, 1985, complete list through 1981, from which the French Scoutopedia article is sourced
==External links== *[http://fr.scoutwiki.org/Liste_des_personnes_distingu%C3%A9es_du_loup_de_bronze French Scoutopedia article]
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