Yodchanan Wongsawat

Yodchanan Wongsawat (, ; born 8 October 1979) is a Thai academic and politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand and Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation since March 2026. He has been a professor of biomedical engineering at Mahidol University since 2025. From 2018 to 2025, he was an associate professor at the university.

In the 2014 general election, Wongsawat was elected member of the House of Representatives according to preliminary results; the election was invalidated as a result of the ongoing political crisis and he was not seated. He is the lead candidate of the Pheu Thai Party for prime minister of Thailand in the 2026 general election. Wongsawat is related to several former prime ministers; he is the son of Somchai Wongsawat, the nephew of Thaksin Shinawatra and Yingluck Shinawatra, and the first cousin of Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

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