The family of the Prime Minister of Thailand - the Shinawatra family

The first generation: Guangdong Chaozhou people - Qiu Chunsheng

During the Guangxu dynasty of the Qing Dynasty (1860s), a 12-year-old boy named Qiu Chunsheng in Taxia Village, Fengshun County, Meizhou, Guangdong Province, accompanied his parents to Thailand as a helper. After coming to Bangkok, Thailand, Qiu Shengchun worked silently and painstakingly, and a few years later, from a displaced person with no standing place, he became a tax merchant in a seaport in Thailand, completing the first accumulation of wealth in his life. In order to integrate into the local area, Cho Sheng Chun married a Thai woman, had 6 children, and moved to Chiang Mai in 1908.

Second generation: Changed surname to Shinawatra

Around 1932, Qiu Chunsheng's eldest son, Mr. and Mrs. Qiu Chang, opened a factory to import silkworm cocoons from China, Iran and Myanmar to process into silk, and to make ready-to-wear clothes with reference to popular styles in Bangkok. The Qiu family's products are all the rage and are even favored by the Bangkok royal family. Qiu Chunsheng was Thaksin's grandfather.

In ancient times, Thais had only first names and no surnames, but with the rapid development of the modern population, Thai surnames have been reformed. According to Thai law, foreigners who have lived in Thailand for three generations can apply for a Thai surname, which is undoubtedly a good news for Qiu Chang, who has a successful career and aspires to participate in Thai politics. In 1938, Chu Chang chose the Thai surname "Shinawatra", which means "to do good things according to the rules". From this time on, the Shinawatra family and other business families in Chiang Mai were widely married. The married family involved milling, shipping, retail, and so on. By 1949, the year Thaksin Shinawatra was born, Shinawatra was already one of Chiang Mai's largest families.

In Thaksin's paternal generation, the patriarch, Roth Sivana, entered the Chiang Mai House Council in 1967, became president of the chamber the following year, and was elected to the Thai Parliament in the third year. Subsequently, he participated in the formation of the Independence Party and became a prominent figure in Thai politics in the 1970s.

Because Rott Sivana was too addicted to politics, he abandoned the family business. This was also the main reason why Thaksin later said that his family was poor when he was a teenager. In 1950, Thaksin's father, Lot, took over the family business, and Thaksin helped out in the shop from an early age. In the 1960s, Lot also embarked on the road to politics. In 1967, he was elected to the Chiang Mai House, became president of parliament the following year, and was elected to Parliament two years later.

The third generation: the 23rd Prime Minister of Thailand , Thaksin Shinawatra. Shinawatra

Thaksin Shinawatra, born on July 26, 1949 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, is a fourth-generation Chinese, Chinese name "Chu Da Xin", whose ancestral home is Tahita Village, Puzhai Town, Fengshun County, Chaozhou Province, Guangdong Province, politician and entrepreneur, former Prime Minister of Thailand.

In 1969, Thaksin was admitted to the Bangkok Police Academy and graduated with the first grade in the school, then worked in the police circle and later abandoned the police to pursue a career. In 1973, he received a government scholarship to study criminology at Eastern Kentucky University and Houston State University, where he received a master's degree in criminal justice and a doctorate degree. In 1982, he founded Shinawatra Computer Services and Investments, which leased IBM computers to government departments, with the first customers being Chulalongkorn University and the railway department. In 1986, the government began to open up private licensing of telecommunications to the private sector. Using his connections as the son-in-law of JC's chief executive, Shinawatra Computer Company obtained a telecommunications "concession license" and entered the monopoly industry. In 1990, the company went public, basically monopolizing the TV satellite antenna and mobile phone business in Thailand at that time. By the mid-1990s, it owned more than 50% of the shares of 4 listed companies. Ranked 1281st on the 2019 Forbes Global Billionaires List.

Elected as Thailand's 23rd Prime Minister on 9 February 2001, he became the first Prime Minister in Thailand's history to complete a four-year term and the first To pass an election for a second term. On September 19, 2006, the Thai military staged a coup d'état, and Thaksin was forced to step down and went into exile in 2008, where he has been wanted by Thai authorities ever since. On June 20, 2018, the Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant for Thaksin in the case of his failure to attend the Jingtai Bank loan case. On March 30, 2019, the King of Thailand announced the revocation of all of Thaksin's medals.

Ranked 1281st on the 2019 Forbes Global Billionaires List.

In April 2021, it ranked 1580th in the 2021 Forbes Global Rich List with a wealth of $2 billion.

In 2022, with a wealth of 11.5 billion yuan, Thaksin Shinawatra ranked 2035th in the "2022 Daye Wine Hurun Global Rich List".

In late January 2006, Shinawatra Group, controlled by the Thaksin family, sold a 49.6% stake in the group to Singaporean state-owned Temasek for about US$1.88 billion. The Shinawatra Group owns stakes in several of Thailand's top companies in the industry, including Thailand's largest telecommunications and mobile communications business company and Thai satellite communications company.

Thaksin wife: Park Cha-man

Park Zhaman studied with Eastern Kentucky University in Kentucky, USA, and was an alumnus with her later husband, Thaksin Shinawatra, where he earned a Master of Art master's degree.

In the 1980s, Thaksin devoted himself to the cause of the police; In the 1990s, he devoted himself to both entrepreneurship and his political career. Mr. Park is believed to have played an extremely large role in Shin Corp's development into Thailand's largest telecommunications company.

Son: Pantontai Sinatra

On October 10, 2018, he was charged with money laundering and sentenced to 10 years

Betondan:

Xin Xiao daughter, the largest shareholder of Thai real estate developer SC Assets, is recognized as a Thai beauty

Thaksin's sister: Yingluck Shinawatra

Yingluck entered the business world after graduating from university. She was The General Manager of Rainbow Media Thailand in 1994, The Vice President of AIS Telecom Thailand in 1999, the President of AIS Telecom from 2002 to 2006, and the President of SC Real Estate from 2006 to 2011. After becoming Thailand's prime ministerial candidate for the Pheu Thai Party, Yingluck resigned from all of her business positions. On August 5, 2011, she was elected as the 28th Prime Minister of Thailand at the second session of the Lower House of The 24th National Assembly, becoming the first female head of government in Thailand's history.

On August 8, 2019, according to Reuters, the Serbian government decided on June 27 to grant Yingluck citizenship.

On January 23, 2015, the Thai Parliament impeached former Prime Minister Yingluck, and the Thai Legislative Assembly impeached and voted on the former Prime Minister Yingluck's malfeasance case, with 219 voters and 190 in favor, and the impeachment case was passed. According to Thai law, Yingluck will be banned from politics for the next 5 years.

Anuso Amozza – Yingluck's husband

Anusorn Amornchat, the husband of Thailand's 28th prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, is also a business elite, a former Chia Tai executive and a director of the Thaksin family telecommunications company.

Sonchai Onsava: Thaksin brother-in-law

Song Chai Hon Shawar is a Thai politician. Born on August 31, 1947 in the southern Thai city of Nakhon in Tsang Marat. He has served as Under-Minister of Justice, Under-Secretary of Labour, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, and Prime Minister and Minister of Defence.

Ba Wei Sinawa, male, Chinese Thai origin, ancestral home of Ta Xia Village, Puzhai Town, Fengshun County, Meizhou, Guangdong Province, is a general in the Thai Air Force, and is the cousin of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Thaksin Shinawatra.