Wannarat Channukul

Wannarat Channukul MPCh MWM
วรรณรัตน์ ชาญนุกูล
Wannarat at Copenhagen Summit in 2009
Minister of Industry
In office 9 August 2011 – 18 January 2012
Prime Minister	Yingluck Shinawatra
Preceded by	Chaiwuti Bannawat
Succeeded by	Pongsavas Svasti
Minister of Energy
In office 20 December 2008 – 9 August 2011
Prime Minister	Abhisit Vejjajiva
Succeeded by	Pichai Naripthaphan
In office 24 September 2008 – 2 December 2008
Prime Minister	Somchai Wongsawat
Preceded by	Poonpirom Liptapanlop
Leader of the Chart Pattana Party
In office 26 December 2008 – 21 November 2018
Preceded by	Chettha Thanjaro
Succeeded by	Tewan Liptapallop
Personal details
Born	(1949-03-08) March 8, 1949 (age 75) Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Political party	Chart Pattana Party Thai Rak Thai (2004-07) Chart Pattana (1992-2004)
Spouse	Temsiri Channukul
Alma mater	Chulalongkorn University University of Hawaii
Profession	Physician

Wannarat Channukul (Thai: วรรณรัตน์ ชาญนุกูล, RTGS: Wannarat Channukun; born 8 March 1949 in Nakhon Ratchasima) is a Thai physician and politician. He is the leader of the Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party. From 2008 to 2011, he was Minister of Energy in the cabinet of Abhisit Vejjajiva.^[1] and from 2011 to 2012 Minister of Industry in the cabinet of Yingluck Shinawatra.