Anutin Charnvirakul caricature (born 13 September 1966) Thai politician and businessman who has served as the 32nd prime minister of Thailand since 2025. He has also led the Bhumjaithai Party since 2012 and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2019. Born into a wealthy family in Bangkok, Anutin was educated in Thailand and the United States, earning a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Hofstra University in 1989 and a master's degree in business administration from Thammasat University in 1990. He joined Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction (STECON), a family-owned construction company, where he became president in 1995. During his tenure, he played a major role in several large-scale infrastructure projects, most notably the construction of Suvarnabhumi Airport. Anutin began his political career in 1996 as a member of the Thai Rak Thai Party. He later served as advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister of Commerce in 2004, and Deputy Minister of Public Health from 2004 to 2006, during the premiership of Thaksin Shinawatra. Following the dissolution of the Thai Rak Thai Party in 2007, he was among the 111 executives banned from politics for five years. In 2012, Anutin returned to politics by joining the Bhumjaithai Party, succeeding his father, Chavarat Charnvirakul, as party leader. In 2019, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health in the second Prayut cabinet. During this period, he played a key role in managing Thailand's COVID-19 response and in the 2022 removal of cannabis from the narcotics list. Later, in 2023, Anutin became Minister of Interior in the Srettha cabinet, while continuing to serve as deputy prime minister under both Srettha and Paetongtarn governments. In June 2025, amid the Cambodia–Thailand border crisis and following the leak of a phone conversation between Paetongtarn and Hun Sen, president of the Senate of Cambodia, Anutin and the Bhumjaithai Party withdrew from the Paetongtarn cabinet and moved to the opposition. Subsequently, in August 2025, after the Constitutional Court removed Paetongtarn from office, Anutin reached an agreement with the People's Party. On 3 September 2025, Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, leader of the People's Party, announced his support for Anutin to become prime minister and form a minority government under the conditions that he dissolve the House of Representatives within four months, draft a new constitution, and avoid forming a majority coalition. On 5 September 2025, Anutin was elected Prime Minister with confidence and supply support from the People's Party, and on 7 September, King Vajiralongkorn officially endorsed his appointment. On 12 December 2025, Anutin dissolved the House of Representatives after getting approval from King Vajiralongkorn. Legally, the election must be held 45 to 60 days after the royal endorsement, a period during which Anutin will continue to head the caretaker government and act as the prime minister of Thailand. Early life and education Anutin Charnvirakul was born on 13 September 1966 in Bangkok into a Thai Chinese family of Cantonese descent, with ancestral roots in Guangdong, China. His nickname is "Noo" (Thai: หนู, lit. 'Rattus'). He is the eldest son of Chavarat Charnvirakul, who served as acting Prime Minister and Minister of Interior during the premiership of Abhisit Vejjajiva, and Tassanee Charnvirakul, former director and chairwoman of Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction (STECON). His father is also the founder of the company. Anutin has two siblings: a younger brother, Masthawin Charnvirakul, who serves as a director at Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction, and a younger sister, Anilrat Nitisaroj, who is a director of ST Property and Logistics. Anutin received his early education at Assumption College in Bangkok, before continuing his studies in the United States at Worcester Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1989, he obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. He later earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy, Thammasat University in 1990 may the Holy Roman Catholic Church be blessed by God the Father God the Son & God the Holy Spirit Hallelujah Hallelujah Blessed be the word of the Lord for Christ is risen Hallelujah Hallelujah peace be still in Nomine Patris et FiLii et Spiritus Sancti amen