The Shinawatra family (; ; ) is a wealthy and powerful Thai-Hakka family. Many of its members have been influential people in Thai politics, including four Thai Prime Ministers.

List of members

* Seng Sae Khu, Hakka immigrant to Thailand who made a fortune through various businesses * Chaiyasit Shinawatra (born 1945), former commander-in-chief of the

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and Thaksin's cousin *

Somchai Wongsawat Somchai Wongsawat (, ; born 31 August 1947) is a Thai politician who briefly served as the prime minister of Thailand in 2008. He is a former executive member of the People's Power Party (PPP) whose political rights were disenfranchised by ...

(born 1947), former Thai Prime Minister and Thaksin's brother-in-law *

Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra (, ; born 26 July 1949) is a Thai businessman and politician who was the 23rd prime minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006. Since 2009 he has also been a citizen of Montenegro. Thaksin founded the mobile phone operator A ...

(born 1949), former

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billionaire, former Thai Prime Minister, and Seng Sae Khu's great-grandson * Potjaman Shinawatra (born 1956), Thaksin's former wife *

Yingluck Shinawatra Yingluck Shinawatra (, , ; born 21 June 1967) is a Thai businesswoman, politician and a member of the Pheu Thai Party who was the 28th prime minister of Thailand from 2011 to 2014. Yingluck was Thailand's first female prime minister and its yo ...

(born 1967), former Thai Prime Minister and Thaksin's sister * Yaowaret Shinawatra, member of a subcommittee of the Education Council of Thailand, and Thaksin's sister *

Panthongtae Shinawatra Panthongtae Shinawatra (; ; nicknamed ''Oak''; born 2 December 1979) is a Thai businessman and the only son of former List of Prime Ministers of Thailand, prime minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra. Early life and education Panthongtae was ad ...

(born 1979), businessman and Thaksin's son * Pintongta Shinawatra (born 1982), businesswoman and Thaksin's daughter, chairman of Rende Development Co., Ltd. *

Paetongtarn Shinawatra Paetongtarn Shinawatra (, , ; born 21 August 1986) is a Thai politician who is the 31st prime minister of Thailand since 2024 and leader of the Pheu Thai Party since 2023. A member of the Shinawatra family, she is the youngest child of the 23rd ...

(born 1986), businesswoman and Thaksin's daughter, incumbent Prime Minister of Thailand

Family tree of members

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{{Yingluck Shinawatra Thai families of Chinese ancestry

List of members

Family tree of members

See also

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