Former foreign minister Surakiart Sathirathai. Photo: Thai Rath

 

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER Surakiart Sathirathai will likely be proclaimed at the last minute as the top person among a trio of Pheu Thai partisan candidates for prime minister, said a partisan source.

 

Surakiart who currently chairs the Asian Peace and Reconciliation Council Foundation, used to perform as foreign minister about two decades ago during the time of a ruling Thai Rak Thai Party led by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, according to the source who only spoke on condition that he not be identified.

 

In addition, Surakiart also performed as deputy prime minister and finance minister during separate periods of Thaksin’s era which came to an end due to the 2006 coup.

 

Thaksin has apparently intended to keep Surakiart unmentioned by the Pheu Thai rank and file as one of the trio of the Pheu Thai contenders for prime minister.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/02/04/surakiart-now-tipped-as-pheu-thais-top-contender-for-pm/

 

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4 hours ago, webfact said:

In addition, Surakiart also performed as deputy prime minister and finance minister during separate periods of Thaksin’s era which came to an end due to the 2006 coup.

At least he has some pedigree...

All of these parties seem to have a very loose leadership structure. No wonder that decision making flips back and forth so much. 

 

 

 

 

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

At least he has some pedigree...

...as most obedient lapdogs do.

   Has he ever been anything other than Thaksin's poodle?

Surakiart is my neighbor in Phra Khanong. 

His fairly modest, 4 level mansion is on Pridi14, directly under my 10th floor balcony on Pridi 16.

When I first moved into my unit, almost 20 years ago, there was an open field next to his home and in that field were parked 30+ Mercedes-Benz limousines, mostly from the 60's 70's & 80's along with a couple of Rolls-Royces and various other cars, many from the Royal Family. (His wife is a niece of Queen Sirikit).  Later, he built a warehouse sized shed on that lot which holds the collection, sadly now out of sight.

I never could figure out such an obviously "Hi-So" couple living in the decidedly "Lo-So" neighborhood of Phra Khanong.

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

At least he has some pedigree...

His wife certainly does; she's a niece of Queen Sirikit.

1 hour ago, AnnaBanana said:

...as most obedient lapdogs do.

   Has he ever been anything other than Thaksin's poodle?

Even poodles learn tricks.

This government never learnt anything.

9 hours ago, hotchilli said:

At least he has some pedigree...

That's been the crux for decades, though. 

Too much elitist club pedigree.