Varawut Silpa-archa

Varawut Silpa-archa (Thai: วราวุธ ศิลปอาชา) is a Thai politician and current Minister of Social Development and Human Security under the coalition government of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin since 1 September 2023. Previously, he served as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.[1][2]

Varawut Silpa-archa
วราวุธ ศิลปอาชา
Varawut in 2023
Minister of Social Development and Human Security
Assumed office
1 September 2023
Prime MinisterSrettha Thavisin
Preceded byJuti Krairiksh
Leader of the Chartthaipattana Party
Assumed office
10 October 2022
Preceded byKanchana Silpa-archa
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
In office
10 July 2019 – 1 September 2023
Prime MinisterPrayut Chan-o-cha
Preceded bySurasak Karnjanarat
Succeeded byPatcharawat Wongsuwan
Personal details
Born (1973-07-11) 11 July 1973
Bangkok, Thailand
Political partyChartthaipattana
Other political
affiliations		Thai Nation (1995–2008)
SpouseSuwanna Silpa-archa
Relations
Parents
Alma materUniversity College London
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Early life and education

Varawut Silpa-archa was born on 11 July 1973 at Bang Khun Phrom Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok. He is the youngest son of Banharn Silpa-archa, a former leader of the Chart Thai Party, and former Prime Minister of Thailand with Khunying Jamsai Silpa-archa. Within his family life, he is married to Suwanna Silpa-archa and has three children.

Varawut graduated from primary and secondary grades 1-2 from Saint Gabriel's College in Bangkok and attended high school in England. He holds a bachelor's degree in B.Eng. (Mechanical Engineering), University College London, United Kingdom, and a master's degree MBA in Finance and Banking, University of Wisconsin–Madison in the United States.

Political careers

Varawut entered the political path following his father by being a member of the House of Representatives Suphan Buri Province in 2001, 2005 and 2007 under the Thai Nation Party and received the position of Deputy Minister of Transport in the government of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat. In 2008, he was disqualified from politics for five years because he was an executive director of the Chart Thai Party, which the Constitutional Court judges decided to dissolve the party.

Later, in the 2019 Thai general election, he was elected on the party-list system and was appointed Minister of Natural Resources and Environment in the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

References
  1. "La Thaïlande a un nouveau gouvernement". Thailande-fr (in French). 10 July 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. "New cabinet ministers appointed". Bangkok Post. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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