Shinawatra family

Shinawatra
ชินวัตร

Saekhu (丘家)
Family cemetery in San Kamphaeng
Parent familyQiū family
Current regionChiang Mai
Place of originFengshun, Meizhou, Guangdong, China
Founded1911
FounderSeng Saekhu (1911, immigrant)
Sak Shinawatra (1938, adopted surname)
TitlesPrime Minister of Thailand (2001–2006, 2008, 2011–2014, 2024–present)
Connected familiesHouse of Na Chiengmai
Damapong family
Na Pombejra family
Wongsawat family

The Shinawatra family (Thai: ชินวัตร; RTGS: Chinnawat; Thai pronunciation: [tɕʰīn.nā.wát]) 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

Family tree of members

Shinawatra family tree
Seng SaekhuThongdi
Chiang Shinawatra
Loet Shinawatra
Potjaman DamapongThaksin ShinawatraYingluck ShinawatraAnusorn AmornchatYaowapha ShinawatraSomchai Wongsawat
Panthongtae ShinawatraPinthongtha ShinawatraPaetongtarn Shinawatra



See also

References

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