A year later, the Bangkok
Metropolitan Administration Act
of 1972 was enacted which
merged the municipality with the
Provincial Administrative
Organizations of Bangkok and
Thonburi.
The merger was completed 13
years later when the Bangkok
Administration Act of 1985 was
promulgated.
The act shaped the present form
Bangkok’s local government.
The city is divided into 50 districts
which headed by appointed
officers.
The governor is the chief
executive of Bangkok who is
directly elected by voters. He
appoints 4 deputy governors and
all the district officers.
The Bangkok Metropolitan
Assembly is the elected legislative
branch of the administration.
At district level, a council of 7-10
members is elected to act as a
liaison between the people and
the district officers.