Treenuch Thienthong ( th, ตรีนุช เทียนทอง) is a Thai politician. , she serves as Minister of Education in the second cabinet of Prime Minister

Prayut Chan-o-cha Prayut Chan-o-cha (sometimes spelled Prayuth Chan-ocha; th, ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา, ; born 21 March 1954) is a Thai politician and retired Royal Thai Army, army officer who has served as the Prime Minister of T ...

. She is the first woman to serve as Minister of Education of Thailand.

Early life and education

Treenuch was born on 12 September 1972 in Watthana Nakhon District,

Sa Kaeo Province Sa Kaeo ( th, สระแก้ว, ) is one of the 76 provinces (''changwat'') and lies in eastern Thailand about 200 km from Bangkok. Neighboring provinces are (from south clockwise) Chanthaburi, Chachoengsao, Prachinburi, Nakhon Ratc ...

(When it was still part of

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at that time). She is the granddaughter of

Sanoh Thienthong Sanoh Thienthong ( th, เสนาะ เทียนทอง, born 1 April 1934) is a Thai politician. He is a Member of Parliament for the Pheu Thai Party list. Before he joined the Pheu Thai Party in 2011, he was the leader of the minor Prac ...

, supporting actor in the rise to premiership of many Prime Minister. Treenuch has a Bachelor of Business in Finance and Master of Arts in Economics from

Western Illinois University Western Illinois University (WIU) is a public university in Macomb, Illinois. It was founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School. As the normal school grew, it became Western Illinois State Teachers College. History Western Illin ...

, United States.

Political careers

Treenuch was elected a member of the House of Representatives of Sa Kaeo Province for the first time and the second time in the

2001 Thai general election General elections were held in Thailand on 6 January 2001 to elect the 500 seats of the House of Representatives. In accordance with the recently enacted 1997 constitution, the House of Representatives was composed of 400 members elected from si ...

under the

Thai Rak Thai Party The Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT; th, พรรคไทยรักไทย, , ; "Thais Love Thais Party") was a Thai political party founded in 1998. From 2001 to 2006, it was the ruling party under its founder, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawat ...

. She having been elected 4 times, the last time under the

Pheu Thai Party The Pheu Thai Party (PTP; th, พรรคเพื่อไทย, lit=For Thais Party, , ) is the third incarnation of a Thai political party founded by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The Pheu Thai Party was founded on 20 Septemb ...

. In 2018, she moved to work with

Palang Pracharath Party Palang Pracharath Party ( th, พรรคพลังประชารัฐ, ; ) is a Thai civil-military political party with ties to the National Council for Peace and Order, the military junta that ruled the country after the 2014 coup. It ...

and in the

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she was elected for a fifth term. On 22 March 2021, She hold the position of Minister of Education which was the first female politician to be elected to this position.ตรีนุช เทียนทอง : ลุยพัฒนาการศึกษาไทย สู่‘นวัตกรรมอัจฉริยะ’
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Personal life

Treenuch married Dr. Jesada Chokdamrongsuk, former Permanent-Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health.

References

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