The new government, led by just appointed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, has the highest number of women in Thailand’s social background.
Women hold eight of the 36-member case, which was approved by the royal family on September 4. Each minister’s short entry is listed below.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Prime Minister/ Age: 38
The youngest child of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Ms Paethongtarn is the third part of the Shinawatra home to be appointed as prime minister, following her father Thaksin, Somchai Wongsawat ( father of Thaksin’s younger sister, Yaowapa), and her uncle, Yingluck Shinawatra.
Ms. Paetongtarn holds a master’s degree in resort management from the University of Surrey in England and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Chulalongkorn University.
She joined the Pheu Thai Party in 2021 as a social activist. Before she became the chief of the Pheu Thai community in 2022, she held the position of president of the Advisory Board on Political Participation and Innovation.
Ms Paetongtarn was one of the group’s prime ministerial prospects for the 2023 public vote.
She was appointed prime minister on September 4 after the court suspended former prime minister Srettha Thavisin for his nomination of ex-convict Pichit Chuenban as a government minister on August 14.
The youngest Vietnamese prime minister ever, achieving MR Seni Pramoj, who succeeded him in 1945 at the age of 40, is Ms. Paetongtarn.
Jiraporn Sindhuprai
Prime Minister’s Office Minister/ Age: 37
Nisit Sindhuprai, former leader of the United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship ( UDD), and Aim-orn Sindhuprai, former member of the Pheu Thai list, are her oldest children. Her girl, Chayapa, is also an MP for Roi Et.
She graduated from Notion University with a bachelor’s in liberal arts, and the University of Reading in England, both with a master’s degree in international business.
Ms. Jiraporn is now the Pheu Thai Party’s deputy president and has half won the Roi Et vote as the MP in 2019 and 2023.
She is regarded as a new-generation lawmaker who has an impressive track record since joining the previous government as the youngest Minister in Prayut Chan-o-cha’s cabinet and serving in the previous government.
Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol
Culture Minister/ Age: 42
Ms Sudawan is the oldest daughter of Weerasak Wangsuphakijkosol, Pheu Thai MP for Nakhon Ratchasima, and Yonlada Wangsuphakijkosol, chief executive of the Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Administrative Organisation ( PAO ).
Before beginning her political career, she worked in the tapioca starch stock of her family and received a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Suranaree University of Technology.
Under Srettha Thavisin, Ms. Sudawan was appointed as minister of tourism and activities, before becoming the secretary of culture in the interim.
She was selected as a Pheu Thai MP-list for the first time in the 2023 public vote.
Narumon Pinyosinwat
Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister/ Age: 51
Ms. Narumon is a graduate of the University of Georgia in the United States and holds a bachelor’s degree in records from Chulalongkorn University.
She received a doctorate in finance from Pennsylvania University, before joining the Palang Pracharath Party ( PPRP ) for the 2019 general election.
Ms Naruemon was appointed Deputy Labour Minister and Prime Minister’s Office spokesperson during Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha’s case. She is currently the Kla Dharma Party’s head.
Supamas Isarabhakdi
Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Minister/ Age: 51
Ms. Supamas received degrees from Chulalongkorn University with a bachelor’s degree in business executive and a master’s degree in engineering administration.
She began her political job in 2001 as the Thai Rak Thai Party’s former Thai MP. She was a part of the now-defunct Palang Prachachon Party. She is currently the group manager for the Bhumjaithai Party.
Manaporn Charoensri
Deputy Transport Minister/ Age: 58
The Nakhon Phanom local, Ms Manaporn is a well-known local legislator who participated in the 2010 social problems as a UDD, or so-called red-shirt part.
She holds political science bachelor’s and master’s degree from Ramkhamhaeng University and a social public relations degree from Kirk University. Additionally, she holds a diploma from St. Teresa International College, or presently St. Teresa International University.
Ms. Manaporn served as the Nakhon Phanom Provincial Administration Organization ( PAO )’s deputy leader and its chief executive from 2004 to 2008. She joined the state’s Pheu Thai Party red-shirt party in 2006.
Ms. Manaporn was elected in 2011 as the Pheu Thai Party’s Nakhon Phanom MP, granting her a successful social career. She was elected as MP three days, including the 2023 general election.
The company in the northeast of the Pheu Thai Party now has Ms. Manaporn as its minister. She likewise works as the group’s inside consultant. She was Deputy Transport Minister in Mr Srettha’s authorities.
Theerarat Samrejvanich
Deputy Interior Minister/ Age: 45
Ms Theerarat is the daughter of the late Wiboon Samrejvanich, past Bangkok MP in the Lat Krabang district.
Ms Theerarat graduated with a bachelor’s degree in conversation art from Bangkok University. She therefore holds a degree in collaborative research from Central Queensland University in Australia and a master’s degree in global business from the University of Wollongong.
Ms. Theerarat began her political career as Bangkok MP in the Lat Krabang district in 2011 by using her home as a foundation for her election-planning. She even won the elections in 2019 and 2023, making her the just Pheu Thai MP to get the Bangkok region’s general election in 2023.
Sabeeda Thaised
Deputy Interior Minister/ Age: 39
Ms. Sabeeda and Chada Thaised, the former assistant interior minister, are the subsequent children. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Abac and a master’s degree from London, both in law.,
Mr Sabeeda worked in the case as a member of Mr Chada’s working council and represented her father during an occasion in their home, Uthai Thani, before succeeding in her father’s place.
Ms. Sabeeda joins her dad and her uncle Mananya Thaised, who served as the former Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister in Gen Prayut’s case, as the second Thaised person to be elected as chancellor.