Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan

Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan
นิวัฒน์ธำรง บุญทรงไพศาล
Niwatthamrong at WTO Ministerial Conference in 2013
Acting Prime Minister of Thailand
In office
7 May 2014 – 22 May 2014
MonarchBhumibol Adulyadej
Preceded byYingluck Shinawatra
Succeeded byPrayut Chan-o-cha
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
In office
30 June 2013 – 22 May 2014
Prime MinisterYingluck Shinawatra
Himself (acting)
Minister of Commerce
In office
30 June 2013 – 22 May 2014
Prime MinisterYingluck Shinawatra
Himself (acting)
Preceded byBoonsong Teriyapirom
Succeeded byChatchai Sarikalya
Minister to the Office of the Prime Minister
In office
18 January 2012 – 30 June 2013
Prime MinisterYingluck Shinawatra
Preceded byKritsana Seehalak
Surawith Konsomboon
Succeeded bySanti Promphat
Personal details
Born (1948-01-25) 25 January 1948 (age 76)
Bangkok, Thailand
Political partyPeople's Power (2007–2008)
Pheu Thai (2008–present)
SpouseBoonphatcharee Boonsongpaisan
Children2
Alma mater

Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan (Thai: นิวัฒน์ธำรง บุญทรงไพศาล, RTGSNiwatthamrong Bunsongphaisan, pronounced [ní.wát.tʰam.roŋ bun.soŋ.pʰaj.sǎːn] ; born 25 January 1948) is a Thai businessman and politician who served as the acting Prime Minister of Thailand following Yingluck Shinawatra's removal from office by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 7 May 2014 until his deposition in a coup d'état three weeks after taking office.[1] Before becoming acting premier, he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce, and before that managed the country's rice pledging scheme.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bloomie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Court removes Thai PM from office, deputy Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan appointed caretaker". The Daily Star. 7 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  3. ^ Pramotmaneerat, Thammarat (1 July 2013). "Newly-appointed Commerce Minister not worried about rice pledging program". Thai Financial Post. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.