Akanat Promphan

Akanat Promphan
เอกนัฏ พร้อมพันธุ์
Akanat in 2024
Minister of Industry
Assumed office
3 September 2024
Prime MinisterPaetongtarn Shinawatra
Preceded byPimphattra Wichaikul
Secretary-General of the United Thai Nation Party
Assumed office
3 August 2022
Preceded byThandee Hongrattanauthai
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
3 July 2011 – 9 December 2013
Succeeded bySupaporn Kongwutpanya
ConstituencyBangkok 29
Personal details
Born (1986-01-12) January 12, 1986 (age 38)
Bangkok, Thailand
Political partyUnited Thai Nation Party (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
Democrat Party (2011–2022)
RelativesSuthep Thaugsuban (father-in-law)
Alma materSt John's College, Oxford (BS, MS)

Akanat Promphan (Thai: เอกนัฏ พร้อมพันธุ์; born 12 January 1986) is a Thai politician and Democrat MP who served as Private Secretary to his father-in-law Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban in the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva and as a spokesman for the People's Democratic Reform Committee protest movement.[1]

  1. ^ "Meet Akanat Promphan, Thailand's new industry minister". nationthailand. 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2024-09-06.