Somchai Wongsawat

Place of Birth: Chawang, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand

Date of Birth: August 3, 1947

Ethnicity: Thai

Somchai Wongsawat is a Thai politician. He served as the 26th Prime Minister of Thailand, from September 18, 2008 to December 2, 2008.

He is the son of Dap (Sutsai) and Choem Wongsawat. He is married to Yaowapha Shinawatra. Yaowapha is the sister of politicians and businesspeople Thaksin Shinawatra, who was Prime Minister of Thailand, from 9 February, 2001 to 19 September, 2006; and Yingluck Shinawatra, who was also Prime Minister of Thailand, from 5 August, 2011 to 7 May, 2014. Yaowapha is also the aunt of Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who is Thaksin’s daughter, and who has been Prime Minister of Thailand, since 16 August, 2024.