Prawit Wongsuwon Net Worth

Background and career

Prawit Wongsuwon (born 11 August 1945) is a Thai politician and retired military officer who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand from 2014 to 2023, Minister of Defence from 2008 to 2011 during the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and from 2014 to 2019 in the first government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. He also previously served as the deputy chairman of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), a military junta which ruled Thailand from 2014 to 2019. From 2004 to 2005 he was the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army (RTA).

In 2022, he briefly became acting prime minister of Thailand after Prayut was briefly suspended from carrying out his duties as Prime Minister of Thailand by the Constitutional Court of Thailand after the court agreed to take up the case on whether Prayut had exceeded the constitutional term limit for the office of prime minister. The Constitutional Court of Thailand later ruled on 30 September 2022 that Prayut had not exceeded his term limit and may continue to serve as prime minister. Prayut was thereafter able to resume carrying out duties as prime minister as a result of the court ruling and Prawit ceased to be the acting prime minister of Thailand on the same date of the court ruling.