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Shinawatra ชินวัตร Saekhu (丘家)
Parent family	Qiū family
Current region	Chiang Mai
Place of origin	Fengshun, Meizhou, Guangdong, China
Founded	1911
Founder	Seng Saekhu (1911, immigrant) Sak Shinawatra (1938, adopted surname)
Titles	Prime Minister of Thailand (2001–2006, 2011-2014)
Connected families	House of Na Chiengmai Damapong family Na Pombejra family Wongsawat family

The Shinawatra family (Thai: ชินวัตร; RTGS: Chinnawat; Thai pronunciation: [tɕʰīn.nā.wát]) is a wealthy and powerful Thai-Hakka family. Here is a list of prominent family members:

Seng Sae Khu, Hakka immigrant to Thailand who made a fortune through various businesses; following the 1938 Thaification, his son changed his surname to Shinawatra and the rest of the family followed suit
Chaiyasit Shinawatra (born 1945), former commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army and Thaksin's cousin
Somchai Wongsawat (born 1947), former Thai Prime Minister and Thaksin's brother-in-law
Thaksin Shinawatra (born 1949), former telecommunications billionaire, former Thai Prime Minister, and Seng Sae Khu's great-grandson
Yingluck Shinawatra (born 1967), former Thai Prime Minister and Thaksin's sister.
Potjaman Shinawatra (born 1956), Thaksin's former wife
Yaowaret Shinawatra, member of a subcommittee of the Education Council of Thailand,[1] Mother of the Year 2012, and Thaksin's sister
Panthongtae Shinawatra (born 1979), businessman and Thaksin's son
Paethongtarn Shinawatra (born 1986), businesswoman and Thaksin's daughter. Currently Chairwoman of the Pheu Thai Party's Advisory Committee on Participation and Innovation.
Chayika Wongnapachant (1979), assistant to Yingluck Shinawatra and Yaowaret Shinawatra's daughter (thus Thaksin and Yingluck's niece)

v t e Thaksin Shinawatra
Premiership	First cabinet Second cabinet Thaksinomics
Political activities	Palang Dharma Party Thai Rak Thai Party People's Power Party Pheu Thai Party United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship Red Shirts
Controversies	Sale of Shin Corporation to Temasek Holdings 2005–2006 Thai political crisis 2008 Thai political crisis Finland Plot Thaksinocracy
Business career	Shin Corporation Advanced Info Service Thaicom Manchester City F.C.
Namesake institutions	Metharath University (Shinawatra University)
Family	Potjaman Na Pombejra (ex-wife) Panthongtae Shinawatra (son) Paethongtarn Shinawatra (daughter) Yingluck Shinawatra (sister) Somchai Wongsawat (brother-in-law) Chaiyasit Shinawatra (cousin) Seng Saekhu (great-great grandfather)

v t e Yingluck Shinawatra
Premiership	Cabinet 2013–2014 Thai political crisis
Politics	Pheu Thai Party
Events	2014 Thai coup d'état
Family	Anusorn Amornchat (common-law husband) Thaksin Shinawatra (brother) Potjaman Na Pombejra (sister-in-law) Panthongtae Shinawatra (nephew) Paethongtarn Shinawatra (niece) Somchai Wongsawat (brother-in-law) Chaiyasit Shinawatra (cousin) Seng Saekhu (great-great grandfather)

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