Place of Birth: San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Date of Birth: 26 July 1949
Ethnicity:
*Thai (paternal grandmother and maternal grandmother)
*Hakka Chinese (paternal grandfather and maternal grandfather)
Thaksin Shinawatra is a Thai businessman and politician. He was the 23rd Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006. He is the son of Yindi (Ramingwong) and Loet Shinawatra. He is the brother of politician Yingluck Shinawatra. He is married to Potjaman Damapong.
Thaksin’s paternal grandparents were Chiang Saekhu (the son of Seng Saekhu) and Saeng Samana. Seng was a Chinese immigrant, from Fengshun, Meizhou, Guangdong, of Hakka Chinese descent, and was the son of Chao Saekhu. Saeng was Thai.
Thaksin’s maternal grandparents were Wang Chuan Cheng, later Charoen Ramingwong, and Princess Chanthip na Chiangmai (the daughter of Somphamit, the Prince Chaisongkhram, and Usa na Chiangmai). Charoen was a Chinese immigrant, of Hakka Chinese descent. Chanthip was Thai, of Lanna (Chiang Mai) royalty. Somphamit was the son of Prince Noi-rot na Chiangmai and Princess Ueangphueng na Chiangmai.