Ongoing events

• COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand

January–March

• Early January – Pork prices in Thailand's wet markets rose to 210-250 Bahts per kilogramme, the highest in years.^[1]
• 10 January – Park rangers at Thong Pha Phum National Park in Kanchanaburi discovered 2 Tiger carcasses at a campsite in the park.^[2][3]
• 16 January
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand: Thailand reported its first death from Omicron variant.^[4]
  • By-elections were held at Songkhla and Chumphon, with the Democrat party gaining victory in both provinces.^[5][6]
• 25 January – Thailand's Prime Minister made an official 2-day visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, marking the first high-level visit between the 2 countries in three decades ^[7]
• 30 January – By-elections were held in Bangkok's 9th constituency (Lak Si - Chatuchak), with the Pheu Thai Party victorious.^[8]

April–June

• 22 May – Chadchart Sittipunt, former Transport minister, won the 2022 Bangkok gubernatorial election.^{[citation needed]}

July–September

• 5 August – Mountain B nightclub fire^[9]
• 24 August – Prayut Chan-o-cha was suspended from prime ministerial duties by the Constitutional Court of Thailand while it considered legal challenges on his term limit.^[10]
• 30 September – The Constitutional Court ruled that the eight-year term limit for Prayut's premiership dates from the promulgation of the 2017 constitution and not his assumption of the position after the 2014 coup.^[11]

October–December

• 6 October - 2022 Nong Bua Lamphu massacre
• 16–19 November - APEC Summit 2022
• 19 December – Sinking of the Royal Thai Navy HTMS Sukhothai with 106 crew aboard, 31 missing.^[12]
• 30 December - A man is arrested for driving a stolen Royal Thai Armed Forces bus to Suvarnabhumi airport.^[13]

January

• 8 January – Sornphet Sornsuphan, Luk Thung singer^[14]
• 12 January – Waiphot Phetsuphan, Luk Thung singer^[15]
• 31 January – Vicharnnoi Porntawee, Muay Thai kickboxer^[16]

February

• 10 February – Joseph Surasarang, Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Chiang Mai (1987–2009)^[17]
• 24 February – Nida Patcharaveerapong, actress^[18]
• 28 February – Bhichai Rattakul, politician, minister of foreign affairs (1975, 1976) and twice deputy prime minister^[19]

March

• 7 March – Berkrerk Chartvanchai, boxer, WBA flyweight champion (1970)^[20]
• 10 March – Sorapong Chatree, actor (Out of the Darkness, Plae Kao, The Legend of Suriyothai)^[21]

April

May

• 4 May – Charoen Khanthawong, politician, MP (1975–2014)^[22]

June

• 28 June – Kaiwan Wattanakrai, voice actor^[23]

July

• 23 July – Prince Bhisadej Rajani, royal^[24]

August

• 18 August – Sombat Metanee, actor (Sugar Is Not Sweet, Tears of the Black Tiger) and politician, MP (2006–2007)^[25]

September

• 8 September – Pinya Chuayplod, politician, MP (1979–1992), senator (2000–2006)^[26]
• 23 September – Marut Bunnag, politician, speaker of the House of Representatives (1992–1995)^[27]

October

November

December