- Sudarat Keyuraphan
Sudarat Keyuraphan (born
May 1 1961 , Thai: สุดารัตน์ เกยุราพันธ์) is a Thai politician and the deputy leader of theThai 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 ofChulalongkorn University . She began her political career in thePhalang Dharma party and joinedThaksin Shinawatra in founding theThai Rak Thai party. Sudarat also served as Minister of Public Health fromOctober 3 2002 toMarch 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 MinisterReferences
External links
* [http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/09/25/politics/politics_30014559.php Family life for Sudarat]
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