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Potjaman Shinawatra

Potjaman Na Pombejra
Born Potjaman Damapong
(1956-11-22) 22 November 1956 (age 60)
Spouse(s) Thaksin Shinawatra (1976–2008)
Children Panthongtae Shinawatra
Pinthongtha Shinawatra
Praethongthan Sinawatra
Parent(s) Pol Gen. Samoe Damapong
Potjanee Na Pombejra
Relatives Bannapot Damapong (brother)
Pongpet Damapong (brother)
Pol Lt. Gen Pirapong Damapong (brother)
Pol Gen. Priewpan Damapong (brother)

Khunying Potjaman Na Pombejra (Thai: พจมาน ณ ป้อมเพชร; rtgsPhotchaman Na Pomphet), formerly Potjaman Shinawatra (Thai: พจมาน ชินวัตร; rtgsPhotchaman Chinnawat), née Soypetpotjaman Damapong (Thai: สร้อยเพชรพจมาน ดามาพงศ์; rtgsSoiphetphotchaman Damaphong), (born: November 22, 1956), is the ex-wife of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Potjaman was the youngest child and only daughter of Potjanee Na Pombejra and her husband Samoe Damapong, a police general who excelled in his work on crime suppression and investigation and became a Deputy Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police. Samoe Damapong came from a family of Lao origin; his paternal grandfather was an Isan Lao from Nong Khai while his maternal grandmother was a princess of the Na Champassak family. Potjaman and Thaksin married in July 1976, and they went on to have one son, Panthongtae, a businessman, and two daughters, Pinthongta and Paetongtarn. In the late 1970s and 1980s Potjaman worked with Thaksin to develop his various commercial ventures.


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