Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol Passes Away

Key facts

• Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol of Thailand died at the age of 47 at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok.
• She was the eldest of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s seven children and initiated the Kamlangjai or Inspire campaign to rehabilitate imprisoned Thai women.
• She served as the ambassador of Thailand to Austria from 2012 to 2014 and as the attorney general of Udon Thani Province.
• She was appointed as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in 2017.
• Her efforts led the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to adopt the Bangkok Rules on care and conditions for female prisoners in 2010.