Shinawatra
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The Shinawatra family is a wealthy and powerful ethnic Chinese family in Thailand. Below is an incomplete list of family members.
- Seng_Sae_Khu - Chinese immigrant to Thailand who made a fortune through various businesses. Following the 1938 anti-Chinese campaigns, his son changed his name to Shinawatra. He (and the rest of the family) followed suit.
- Thaksin Shinawatra - former telecommunications billionaire, former Thai Prime Minister. Great-grandson of Seng Sae Khu.
- Potjaman Shinawatra - Wife of Thaksin Shinawatra
- Panthongtae Shinawatra - Thaksin Shinawatra's son, businessman
- Chaiyasit Shinawatra - former commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army.