Shinawatra family

The Shinawatra family (ชินวัตร; ; ) 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, 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)