Anutin Charnvirakul Age, Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Anutin Charnvirakul

• His family has Thai-Chinese descent, and his ancestors were from Guangdong, China.

• His family owns a company named Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction in Thailand, which is known for building huge state infrastructure projects, such as Suvarnabhumi Airport.

• After completing his formal education, Anutin Charnvirakul worked as the managing director of Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction before joining politics, where he was trained as an engineer.

• In 1996, he began working as an adviser to Prachuap Chaiyasan, then Minister of Foreign Affairs.

• In 2004, Anutin Charnvirakul was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Commerce.

• From 2004 to 2005, he served as Deputy Minister of Public Health.

• In 2006, when the Thai Rak Thai Party was dissolved, Anutin Charnvirakul, along with 111 other former executives, were granted a five-year political ban.

• During this period, he did not hold any political position and rejoined Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction as its managing director and served in the position till February 2012. He also became interested in flying.
  

  Anutin Charnvirakul (extreme left) while STP&I receiving a World Class Company Award (From left to right) Anutin Charnvirakul, Masthawin Charnvirakul, Andrew Stotz, and Chavarat Charnvirakul

• In 2010, Anutin Charnvirakul founded the Rancho Charnvee Country Club near Khao Yai National Park, district Pak Chong, Nakhon Ratchasima province.

• His political ban expired on 30 May 2012. By this time, he owned four planes, including a Cirrus Aircraft, and founded AC Aviation, a charter flight business.
  

  Anutin Charnvirakul posing with his private plane

• On 14 October 2012, Anutin Charnvirakul joined the Bhumjaithai Party and was elected as a party leader.

• In 2012, Newin Chidchob, founder of the Bhumjaithai Party, who had retired from politics, announced Anutin as a successor.

• Reportedly, during this time, he was the main financier of the party.

• That same year, in a media conversation, Anutin Charnvirakul said that he regularly read seven newspapers in a day, especially their restaurant review sections. He said that food was his greatest pleasure.
  

  Anutin Charnvirakul while enjoying food

• In 2013-2014, during the Thai political crisis, Anutin withdrew his support for the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) when some of his party members at the Bhumjaithai Party supported the same.

• Once, a main issue for the PDRC was to oppose the former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

• In 2012, Anutin Charnvirakul arranged a meeting abroad between Thaksin and General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, the leader of the 2006 group that removed Thaksin’s government.

• Reportedly, the party grew quickly under the new electoral system of the 2017 constitution.

• In October 2018, Anutin Charnvirakul was re-elected as a Bhumjaithai Party leader and was nominated as a prime ministerial candidate before the 2019 general elections.

• In the election, the Bhumjaithai Party won 51 seats from Buriram, a city municipality, and became the fifth-largest party in the country.

• By 2018, 3 million people became its members. It rose from a medium-sized party to a potential kingmaker.

• After that, during political rallies, Anutin Charnvirakul requested all the parties to work in cooperation, show loyalty to the monarchy, and focus on national stability.

• During the same time, Phumtham Wechayachai, the secretary-general of the Pheu Thai Party, said in the media that he wanted to nominate Anutin as Prime Minister.
  

  Anutin Charnvirakul while having a conversation with Phumtham Wechayachai

• In January 2020, when Thailand experienced some COVID-19 cases, Anutin Charnvirakul took the pandemic lightly and was confident that Thailand would prevent the virus. He compared the virus to a common cold and blamed the doctors for their carelessness.

• He stopped the MS Westerdam cruise ship from docking and refused boarding passes to passengers on Thai Airlines.

• On 29 February 2020, the National Committee on Communicable Diseases officially declared COVID-19 a dangerous communicable disease. Anutin Charnvirakul served as the chairman of this committee.

• On 19 October 2020, he announced that the elderly would be the initial users of the vaccine. He said that his government would buy 40% COVAX, 40% AstraZeneca, and the rest from other sources.
  

  Anutin Charnvirakul as Minister of Public Health

• On 28 February 2021, Thailand started its vaccination program, and Anutin Charnvirakul was among the first recipients.

• The areas which were initially targeted for vaccinations included the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Tak province, popular tourist regions, and economically important locations.

• Under this vaccination program, the Thai government aimed to vaccinate 50 million people by the end of 2021, but they faced supply shortages.

• In mid-2021, a Thai company named Siam Bioscience started producing vaccines locally.

• In April 2021, vaccine passports were issued to vaccinated residents for international travel, and vaccinated foreign visitors were allowed 7 days of quarantine.

• After that, Anutin Charnvirakul announced that Bangkok residents could return home for Songkran, but no large gatherings were allowed.
  

  Anutin Charnvirakul during a COVID-19 vaccination program

• In April 2021, an online campaign titled MorJaMaiThon (Thai: หมอจะไม่ทน), which meant ‘doctors won’t bear it anymore,’ demanded his resignation. It received more than 2,00,000 signatures in two days.

• In July 2021, during the omicron variant, no further lockdowns were announced.

• On 31 August 2021, the Pheu Thai Party leader Sompong Amornwiwat, along with some members of the Move Forward Party, submitted a no-confidence motion against Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Anutin, and four other ministers over the management of the COVID-19 crisis.

• On 4 September 2021, all of them were granted a clean chit.

• On 1 October 2022, Anutin Charnvirakul relaxed the pandemic emergency rules, classified COVID-19 as a communicable disease under supervision, and stopped the procurement of vaccines due to sufficient supplies.

• After that, he was criticised for making derogatory remarks about foreigners on social media during the early days of the pandemic. Later, he apologised for the same. He was also criticised for his mismanagement during the COVID-19 outbreak.

• Anutin Charnvirakul often supports the production of medical cannabis in Thailand.

• In May 2022, he announced that his government would distribute 1 million cannabis plants in June 2022 to Thai households for license-free cultivation.
  

  Anutin Charnvirakul posing with a medical cannabis plant in Thailand

• After that, Anutin Charnvirakul said that if he were removed from the position of Minister of Interior during the Paetongtarn cabinet reshuffle, the Bhumjaithai Party would leave the coalition.

• He regularly flies to the Thai Red Cross Society during medical emergencies.

• On 18 October 2022, during the Heart With Wings Operation, he transported organs to Udon Thani and completed his 40th flight for this mission.
  

  Anutin Charnvirakul posing with Thai Red Cross Society specialists

• In 2023, during the general election, Anutin Charnvirakul was the only prime ministerial candidate from the Bhumjaithai Party.

• After the 2023 general elections, the Move Forward Party came out as the largest party in the House of Representatives.

• Following that, Anutin Charnvirakul said that the Bhumjaithai Party would not support any party that was planning to amend Section 112 of the Thai Criminal Code regarding lèse-majesté.
  

  Anutin Charnvirakul posing with Nick Markham, a member of the British House of Lords, on 19 January 2023

• In August 2025, the Constitutional Court decided to discharge Paetongtarn as Prime Minister over ethics violations. In a media interview, Anutin Charnvirakul denied having any plans to become Prime Minister.

• Reportedly, he discussed the national situation with Prawit Wongsuwon, a leader of the Palang Pracharath Party, before the Constitutional Court’s decision.

• There were only five candidates, including Anutin Charnvirakul, who were officially nominated in the 2023 election, from which the House of Representatives could choose a Prime Minister.

• After that, he and the Pheu Thai Party candidate Chaikasem Nitisiri were nominated for the position.

• They both started seeking a coalition with the People’s Party, which held about one-third of all seats.

• On 3 September 2025, Anutin Charnvirakul signed a conditional agreement with the People’s Party and announced that he would form a minority coalition government.
  

  Anutin Charnvirakul posing with the leaders of the Bhumjaithai Party and the People’s Party

• The condition was that he would dissolve parliament within four months.

• After that, Phumtham, the acting Prime Minister, asked the King to approve the dissolution of parliament.

• However, the King rejected the dissolution, and it was announced that the parliamentary votes would be conducted on 5 September 2025.

• Anutin Charnvirakul was elected as the Prime Minister of Thailand. He received the support of 311 out of 492 MPs. He did not vote for himself.

• On 6 September 2025, he announced his cabinet. The next day, he received the royal endorsement and was officially appointed to the position.
  

  Anutin Charnvirakul in 2025 after becoming the Prime Minister of Thailand

• Anutin Charnvirakul enjoys collecting Buddhist amulets in his free time.

• He has spiritual beliefs and practices meditation and chants prayers daily.

• Anutin Charnvirakul has a special interest in gastronomy.

• The Bangkok Post, a noted media house, once penned that he was a follower of the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus and his philosophy of Epicureanism.

• Anutin Charnvirakul owns a private airport named Khanong Phra in Pak Chong.

• In his leisure time, he likes travelling to distant provinces and enjoying dining with his family on his plane.
  

  Anutin Charnvirakul while touring distant provinces in Thailand

• Anutin Charnvirakul likes eating alone at small local eateries in Bangkok. He also enjoys a variety of Asian cuisine.

• Horse riding, playing the Piano and Saxophone are his favourite pastime activities.

• Anutin Charnvirakul is often spotted enjoying alcoholic beverages on various occasions.
  

  Anutin Charnvirakul, while enjoying wine