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Place of Birth: Bangkok, Thailand
About Jaruvan Maintaka
- Khun Ying Jaruvan Maintaka (Thai: ???????? ??????; RTGS: Charuwan Menthaka, born 5 July 1945) is a former Auditor-General of Thailand. She was appointed Auditor-General in December 2001 and refused to leave the office after the Constitutional Court ruled that her nomination was unlawful.
- She once again refused to give her office up when she reached her pension age and the Council of State ruled that she could no longer stay in the office.
- Her refusal to leave the office triggered fierce conflicts within the State Audit Office as some of its officials demanded her to respect the law and filed lawsuits against her.
- The Administrative Court eventually decided in October 2010 that she must vacate office.Jaruvan is known for her public criticism of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
- She has also been criticized for nepotism and lack of transparency, hiring her own son as a personal secretary using the state budget, bringing her children on a state-funded official trip, etc.
- In November 2015, the Criminal Court sentenced her to imprisonment for corruption in office.
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