14 Facts About Sudarat Keyuraphan

Sudarat Keyuraphan is a former minister who held various positions during Thaksin Shinawatra and Chuan Leekpai governments.

Sudarat Keyuraphan's father was the former Member of Parliament from Nakhon Ratchasima Province.

Sudarat Keyuraphan graduated high-school from St Joseph Convent School in Bangkok.

Sudarat Keyuraphan earned her bachelor's degree from Chulalongkorn University in commerce and accountancy and a master's degree from the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration.

Sudarat Keyuraphan began her political career as part of the Palang Dharma Party, being elected an MP for Bangkok's District 12 in the election of March 1992.

In 1994, Sudarat Keyuraphan was appointed Secretary-General of the Palang Dharma Party and was appointed Deputy Minister of Transport.

In 1996, Sudarat Keyuraphan was elected MP and was the only member to be elected from Palang Dharma.

Two years later, in 1998, Sudarat Keyuraphan co-founded the Thai Rak Thai Party together with Thaksin Shinawatra and 21 others, including Somkid Jatusripitak, Thanong Bidaya, Purachai Piumsombun, Thammarak Isaragura na Ayuthaya, and Prommin Lertsuridej.

Sudarat Keyuraphan was involved in a long-running scandal over the purchase of overpriced computers for hospitals by the Ministry of Public Health.

Sudarat Keyuraphan lost her position following the September 2006 coup.

Sudarat Keyuraphan later returned to Thai politics, contesting the 2019 election as a party-list MP and prime ministerial candidate for the Pheu Thai Party.

Later, Sudarat Keyuraphan has resigned from the Pheu Thai Party and co-founded the Thai Sang Thai Party and served as the leader.

Sudarat Keyuraphan established the Foundation for Women for Democracy and a group of women and politics in 1993, which later evolved into an institution of women and politics.

Sudarat Keyuraphan has received the following royal decorations in the Honours System of Thailand:.