12 Facts About Sanoh Thienthong

Sanoh Thienthong is a Member of Parliament for the Pheu Thai Party list.

Sanoh Thienthong was born into a Thai Chinese business family involved in the lumber industry.

Sanoh Thienthong graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Sripatum University.

Sanoh Thienthong is married with Uraiwan Thienthong, who is a politician.

Sanoh Thienthong has an influential trucking business, his home district being located near an important checkpoint at the Thai-Cambodian border.

Sanoh Thienthong entered politics with the Thai Nation Party in 1975.

In 1996, Sanoh Thienthong resigned from the Thai Nation Party and joined the New Aspiration Party of Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, and immediately took up the position of secretary-general.

Sanoh Thienthong was not given a government office, but his wife Uraiwan was appointed minister.

Inside the Thai Rak Thai Party, Sanoh Thienthong led a faction called the "Wang Nam Yen group", named after Sanoh Thienthong's home district.

Sanoh Thienthong formed a new party, called Pracharaj Party.

Sanoh Thienthong became leader of the party which declared political reform and the removal of the Thaksin regime as its aims.

Sanoh Thienthong, who has the reputation of a behind-the-scenes powerbroker and king-maker, has been dubbed "Godfather of Wang Nam Yen", or "Godfather of the eastern border".