Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan
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Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan นิวัฒน์ธำรง บุญทรงไพศาล MPCh MWM |
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Prime Minister of Thailand Acting |
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In office 7 May 2014 – 22 May 2014 |
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| Monarch | Bhumibol Adulyadej |
| Preceded by | Yingluck Shinawatra |
| Succeeded by | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand | |
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In office 30 June 2013 – 22 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Yingluck Shinawatra |
| Minister of Commerce | |
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In office 30 June 2013 – 22 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Yingluck Shinawatra |
| Preceded by | Boonsong Teriyapirom |
| Succeeded by | Chatchai Sarikalya |
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| Born | 25 January 1948 |
| Political party | Pheu Thai Party |
| Spouse(s) | Boonphatcharee Boonsongpaisan |
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Srinakharinwirot University Chulalongkorn University |
| Religion | Buddhism |
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Prime Minister of Thailand in 2010s |
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Abhisit Vejjajiva (2008-2011) |
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Yingluck Shinawatra (2011-2014) |
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Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan (2014, Acting) |
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Prayut Chan-o-cha (2014-present) |
Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan (Thai: นิวัฒน์ธำรง บุญทรงไพศาล, rtgs: Niwatthamrong Bunsongphaisan, born 25 January 1948) is a Thai businessman and politician who served as the acting Prime Minister of Thailand following Yingluck Shinawatra's removal from office by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 7 May 2014 until his deposition in a coup d'état three weeks after taking office. Before becoming acting premier, he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce, and before that managed the country's rice pledging scheme.
Niwatthamrong was born on 25 January 1948. He holds a bachelor's degree in education from Srinakharinwirot University and a master's degree in computer science from Chulalongkorn University and is married to Boonphatcharee Boonsongpaisan.
A close business associate of Thaksin Shinawatra, Niwatthamrong served as the Chairman of the Executive Committee-Media and Advertising front of Shin Corporation since 1995 and as Vice-Chairman since 2000. He served from 2001 to 2002 as Vice-Chairman of iTV and from 1993 to 1995, director of that company between 2002 and 2008, and a member of the board of directors between 2001 and 16 March 2006.
Niwatthamrong served as director of the controversial rice pledging scheme, where rice was bought at inflated prices from farmers and subsequently was left to rot due to lack of buyers. On 30 June 2013 he was appointed Minister of Commerce and a deputy prime minister in the cabinet of Yingluck Shinawatra.
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