Sudarat Keyuraphan

Sudarat Keyuraphan (born May 1 1961, Thai: สุดารัตน์ เกยุราพันธ์) is a Thai politician and the deputy leader of the Thai Rak Thai party. She served as the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand in the Thai Rak Thai government until its ousting in the September 2006 coup.

Born in Bangkok, she is a graduate of Chulalongkorn University. She began her political career in the Phalang Dharma party and joined Thaksin Shinawatra in founding the Thai Rak Thai party. Sudarat also served as Minister of Public Health from October 3 2002 to March 11 2005.

Sudarat is married to Somyos Leelapanyalert, a construction magnate, and has three children. She is of Hakka Chinese descent. [ [http://66.218.69.11/search/cache?p=%E5%AE%A2%E5%AE%B6+%E6%B3%B0%E5%9B%BD+%E9%83%A8%E9%95%BF&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-501&fl=0&fp_ip=SG&x=wrt&meta=0&u=www.worldhakka.org/xw07/2005-5-6/200556223659.asp&w=%E5%AE%A2%E5%AE%B6+%E6%B3%B0%E5%9B%BD+%E9%83%A8%E9%95%BF&d=Yw-YbvmdOwET&icp=1&.intl=us 东方皮革“巨擘”泰国丰顺会馆主席蔡礼任先生] ] [ [http://www.torontoservice.com/index_Readnews.asp?id=77059 泰国新政府的华裔光芒] ] [cite book|title=泰国华侨华人研究|author= [泰国] 洪林, 黎道纲主编|publisher=香港社会科学出版社有限公司|month=April | year=2006|pages=187|isbn=962-620-127-4]

Previous Posts

* 1993, 1996, 1997 - Member of Parliament
* 1993 - Deputy Government Spokesman
* 1995 - Deputy Minister, Ministry of Communications and Transportation
* 1996 - Deputy Minister, Ministry of the Interior
* 2002 - Public Health Minister

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External links

* [http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/09/25/politics/politics_30014559.php Family life for Sudarat]