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The Shinawatra family (Thai: ชินวัตร; RTGSChinnawat; Thai pronunciation: [tɕʰīn.nā.wát]) is a wealthy and powerful Thai-Hakka family. Here is a list of prominent family members:

  • Seng Sae Khu, Hakka immigrant to Thailand who made a fortune through various businesses; following the 1938 Thaification, his son changed his surname to Shinawatra and the rest of the family followed suit
  • Chaiyasit Shinawatra (born 1945), former commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army and Thaksin's cousin
  • Somchai Wongsawat (born 1947), former Thai Prime Minister and Thaksin's brother-in-law
  • Thaksin Shinawatra (born 1949), former telecommunications billionaire, former Thai Prime Minister, and Seng Sae Khu's great-grandson
  • Yingluck Shinawatra (born 1967), former Thai Prime Minister and Thaksin's sister.
  • Potjaman Shinawatra (born 1956), Thaksin's former wife
  • Yaowaret Shinawatra, member of a subcommittee of the Education Council of Thailand,[1] Mother of the Year 2012, and Thaksin's sister
  • Panthongtae Shinawatra (born 1979), businessman and Thaksin's son
  • Paetongtarn Shinawatra (born 1986), businesswoman and Thaksin's daughter. Currently Chairwoman of the Pheu Thai Party's Advisory Committee on Participation and Innovation.
  • Chayika Wongnapachant (1979), assistant to Yingluck Shinawatra and Yaowaret Shinawatra's daughter (thus Thaksin and Yingluck's niece)

See also

  • Shinawatra University, private university in Thailand initiated by Thaksin Shinawatra, now renamed Metharath University
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