Niwatthamrong at WTO Ministerial Conference in 2013
Acting Prime Minister of Thailand
In office 7 May 2014 – 22 May 2014
Monarch
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Preceded by
Yingluck Shinawatra
Succeeded by
Prayut Chan-o-cha
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
In office 30 June 2013 – 22 May 2014
Prime Minister
Yingluck Shinawatra
Minister of Commerce
In office 30 June 2013 – 22 May 2014
Prime Minister
Yingluck Shinawatra
Preceded by
Boonsong Teriyapirom
Succeeded by
Chatchai Sarikalya
Minister to the Office of the Prime Minister
In office 18 January 2012 – 30 June 2013
Prime Minister
Yingluck Shinawatra
Preceded by
Kritsana Seehalak Surawith Konsomboon
Succeeded by
Santi Promphat
Personal details
Born
(1948-01-25) 25 January 1948 (age 76) Bangkok, Thailand
Political party
Pheu Thai Party
Spouse
Boonphatcharee Boonsongpaisan
Education
Srinakharinwirot University
Chulalongkorn University
Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan (Thai: นิวัฒน์ธำรง บุญทรงไพศาล, RTGS: Niwatthamrong Bunsongphaisan, pronounced[ní.wát.tʰam.roŋbun.soŋ.pʰaj.sǎːn]ⓘ; born 25 January 1948) is a Thai businessman and politician who served as the acting Prime Minister of Thailand following Yingluck Shinawatra's removal from office by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 7 May 2014 until his deposition in a coup d'état three weeks after taking office.[1] Before becoming acting premier, he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce, and before that managed the country's rice pledging scheme.[2][3]
^Cite error: The named reference Bloomie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Court removes Thai PM from office, deputy Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan appointed caretaker". The Daily Star. 7 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
^Pramotmaneerat, Thammarat (1 July 2013). "Newly-appointed Commerce Minister not worried about rice pledging program". Thai Financial Post. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
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