Chavarat Charnvirakul

Chavarat Charnvirakul MPCh WMW
ชวรัตน์ ชาญวีรกูล
Chavarat in 2009
Acting Prime Minister of Thailand
In office 2 December 2008 – 17 December 2008
Monarch	Bhumibol Adulyadej
Preceded by	Somchai Wongsawat
Succeeded by	Abhisit Vejjajiva
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
In office 24 September 2008 – 16 December 2008
Prime Minister	Somchai Wongsawat Himself (acting)
Minister of the Interior
In office 20 December 2008 – 6 August 2011
Prime Minister	Abhisit Vejjajiva
Preceded by	Kowit Wattana
Succeeded by	Yongyuth Wichaidit
Minister of Public Health
In office 2 August 2008 – 23 September 2008
Prime Minister	Samak Sundaravej
Preceded by	Chaiya Sasomsub
Succeeded by	Chalerm Yubamrung
Minister of Social Development and Human Security
In office 24 May 2008 – 2 August 2008
Prime Minister	Samak Sundaravej
Preceded by	Sutha Chansaeng
Succeeded by	Anusorn Wongwan
Leader of the Bhumjaithai Party
In office 14 February 2009 – 3 September 2012
Preceded by	Pipat Promvaraporn
Succeeded by	Anutin Charnvirakul
Personal details
Born	(1936-06-07) 7 June 1936 (age 88) Bangkok, Siam
Political party	Bhumjaithai (2009–14)
Other political affiliations	People's Power (2007–08)
Spouse	Tassanee Chanweerakul
Children	Anutin Charnvirakul
Alma mater	Thammasat University
Signature
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	陳景鎮[1]
Simplified Chinese	陈景镇
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Jǐngzhèn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping can4 ging2 zan3

Chavarat Charnvirakul (Thai: ชวรัตน์ ชาญวีรกูล, RTGS: Chawarat Chanwirakun, Thai pronunciation: [t͡ɕʰá.wá.rát t͡ɕʰaːn.wiː.rá.kun]; born 7 June 1936) is a Thai politician. He had served as an acting prime minister of Thailand as a result of the 2008 Thai political crisis. His family is of Thai Chinese descent with ancestry from Guangdong.^[2]