Srettha Thavisin

**Srettha Thavisin** (, , ; born 15 February 1963), nicknamed **Nid** (, , ), is a Thai politician and real estate developer who was the Prime Minister of Thailand from 2023 to 2024. He was the former chief executive and president of Sansiri.

During his time as prime minister, he was criticized by media and the opposition as a "puppet prime minister", under the control of the powers behind the throne such as Thaksin Shinawatra, the military, and the Pheu Thai Party itself.

## Prime Minister

Srettha was elected as Thailand's next prime minister by a joint sitting of parliament on 22 August 2023. He was tasked to create a cabinet and to present his policies for the next four years to parliament. The following day, King Vajiralongkorn officially appointed Srettha as the 30th Prime Minister of Thailand.  After the appointment, Srettha delivered his inaugural address as prime minister.

On 5 September 2023, Srettha was sworn in as prime minister and minister of finance by the King. The ceremony took place at the Amphon Sathan Residential Hall in Dusit Palace, Bangkok. The new cabinet formed by Srettha is composed of 34 ministers representing six parties within the governing coalition.

In 2024, the transport minister talked about a big engineering project; The Southern Land Bridge is supposed "to partially open in 6 years", according to media's paraphrasing of the transport minister.

### Removal

In May 2024, 40 military-appointed senators submitted a case asking for the removal of Srettha and Pichit Chuenban because of a controversial cabinet appointment. The case was in response to Srettha's appointment of Pichit as an office minister of the Prime Minister. Pichit had previously served time in jail for attempting to bribe Supreme Court officials. Pichit resigned on May 21.

On 14 August 2024, the court ruled to remove Thavisin from office, thus forcing him to leave office.

## Personal life

Thavisin is married to Pakpilai Thavisin, a businesswoman. They have two sons, Napat Thavisin and Warat Thavisin, and one daughter, Chananda Thavisin.

Srettha stands  tall, making him the tallest leader within ASEAN and the third tallest in the world behind the prime minister of Albania, Edi Rama who stands at  and the president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, who stands at .

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific prefix**: His Excellency
- **name**: Srettha Thavisin
- **native name lang**: th
- **image**: Srettha Thavisin at Pheu Thai Party headquarters,Bangkok, 7 September 2023.jpg
- **caption**: Srettha in 2023
- **order**: 30th
- **office**: Prime Minister of Thailand
- **monarch**: Vajiralongkorn
- **term start**: 22 August 2023
- **term end**: 14 August 2024
- **predecessor**: Prayut Chan-o-cha
- **successor**: Paetongtarn Shinawatra
- **office1**: Ministry of Finance (Thailand), Minister of Finance
- **term start1**: 1 September 2023
- **term end1**: 27 April 2024
- **primeminister1**: Himself
- **predecessor1**: Arkhom Termpittayapaisith
- **successor1**: Pichai Chunhavajira
- **birth place**: Bangkok, Thailand
- **party**: Pheu Thai Party, Pheu Thai
- **spouse**: Pakpilai Thavisin
- **children**: 3
- **signature**: Srettha Thavisin signature.svg