Potjaman Na Pombejra | |
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Born |
Potjaman Damapong 22 November 1956 |
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; rtgs: Photchaman Na Pomphet), formerly Potjaman Shinawatra (Thai: พจมาน ชินวัตร; rtgs: Photchaman Chinnawat), née Soypetpotjaman Damapong (Thai: สร้อยเพชรพจมาน ดามาพงศ์; rtgs: Soiphetphotchaman 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.