Chavarat Charnvirakul

Chavarat Charnvirakul
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Chavarat Charnvirakul MPCh WMW
ชวรัตน์ ชาญวีรกูล
	Chavarat in 2009
Acting Prime Minister of Thailand
	In office; 2 December 2008 – 17 December 2008
Monarch	Bhumibol Adulyadej
Preceded by	Somchai Wongsawat
Succeeded by	Abhisit Vejjajiva
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
	In office; 24 September 2008 – 16 December 2008
Prime Minister	Somchai Wongsawat
Minister of the Interior
	In office; 20 December 2008 – 6 August 2011
Prime Minister	Abhisit Vejjajiva
Preceded by	Kowit Wattana
Succeeded by	Yongyuth Wichaidit
Ministry of Public Health
	In office; 2 August 2008 – 23 September 2008
Prime Minister	Samak Sundaravej
Preceded by	Chaiya Sasomsub
Succeeded by	Chalerm Yubamrung
Minister of Social Development and Human Security
	In office; 24 May 2008 – 2 August 2008
Prime Minister	Samak Sundaravej
Preceded by	Sutha Chansaeng
Succeeded by	Anusorn Wongwan
Leader of the Bhumjai Thai Party
	In office; 14 February 2009 – 3 September 2012
Preceded by	Pipat Promvaraporn
Succeeded by	Anutin Charnvirakul
Personal details
Born	7 June 1936 (age 88); Bangkok, Siam (now Bangkok, Thailand)
Political party	Bhumjai Thai (2009–14)
Other political; affiliations	People's Power (2007–08)
Spouse	Tassanee Chanweerakul
Children	Anutin Charnvirakul
Alma mater	Thammasat University
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Chavarat Charnvirakul (Thai: ชวรัตน์ ชาญวีรกูล, RTGS: Chawarat Chanwirakun, Thai pronunciation: [t͡ɕʰá.wá.rát t͡ɕʰaːn.wiː.rá.kun]; born 7 June 1936 in Bangkok) is a Thai politician. He had served as an Acting Prime Minister of Thailand as a result of the 2008 Thai political crisis. His family is of Thai Chinese descent with ancestry from Guangdong.^[1]