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Sanoh Thienthong was born on 1 April, 1934 in Prachinburi, Thailand, is a Thai politician (born 1934). Discover Sanoh Thienthong's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?

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Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 1 April 1934
Birthday 1 April
Birthplace Prachinburi, Thailand
Nationality Thailand

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1934

Sanoh Thienthong (เสนาะ เทียนทอง, born 1 April 1934) is a Thai politician.

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

1975

Sanoh entered politics with the Thai Nation Party in 1975.

One year later, he was elected to parliament representing Prachinburi Province which at the time still contained today's Sa Kaeo Province.

1986

From 1986 to 1988, he was Deputy Minister of Agriculture and, for a short phase of less than two months in 1992, Deputy Minister of Transport.

1994

When Banharn Silpa-archa became leader of the Thai Nation Party in 1994, he made Sanoh secretary-general.

The following year, Banharn became Prime Minister and called up Sanoh to the government, appointing him Minister of Public Health.

1996

Sanoh's brother Witthaya was a long-term MP for Sa Kaeo as well (since 1996, all three Sa Kaeo seats in the House of Representatives have been controlled by members of the Thienthong family), while his sister Kwanruan was a member of the Senate in 2006.

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

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

After Chavalit had won the election and become Prime Minister, he made Sanoh Minister of the Interior.

As a minister, Sanoh Thienthong is said to have coined the term Ya ba ("madness drug") instead of "Ya ma" ("horse drug") for the mix of methamphetamine and caffeine which used to be prevalent in Thailand.

2001

For the election in 2001, he changed to the Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT) of Thaksin Shinawatra.

Sanoh was made chief adviser of the party.

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

Alternately, she led the Ministries of Culture and Labour.

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

2004

In 2004, around 70 MPs, mainly from the Northeastern region were affiliated with this group.

2006

After discord with Thaksin, Sanoh Thienthong left TRT on 25 February 2006.

After Thaksin had dissolved the parliament, Sanoh spoke at several rallies of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD, or "Yellow Shirts"), an anti-Thaksin pressure group.

He formed a new party, called Pracharaj Party (Royalist People's Party).

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

2011

Before he joined the Pheu Thai Party in 2011, he was the leader of the minor Pracharaj Party.

Earlier functions include Minister of Public Health and Interior Minister.

Sanoh played a supporting role in the rise to premiership of Banharn Silpa-archa, Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, Thaksin Shinawatra and Surayud Chulanont

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

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

He is married with Uraiwan Thienthong, who is also a politician.

They have six children together.

Among them are Sorawong Thienthong, who is an MP for Sa Kaeo and Surachat Thienthong, who is an MP for Bangkok, after having been product manager for Thai Beverage, the producer of Beer Chang.

Sanoh's nephew and niece, Thanit and Trinuch Thienthong, are both MPs for Sa Kaeo.

Moreover, Thanit serves as a Deputy Interior Minister in Yingluck Shinawatra's cabinet.

On 13 May 2011, he abandoned his Pracharaj Party to join the Pheu Thai Party.

He supported the top candidature of Yingluck Shinawatra and on 5 August, it was Sanoh who proposed her election as Prime Minister to the parliament.

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"