{{short description|Thai politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Suchart Chomklin | image = Suchart Chomklin.jpg | caption = Suchart in 2020 | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|list=MPCh MVM}} | native_name = {{nobold|สุชาติ ชมกลิ่น}} | native_name_lang = th | status = | office = Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand | prime_minister = Anutin Charnvirakul | term_start = 19 September 2025 | term_end = 30 March 2026 | office1 = Minister of Natural Resources and Environment | prime_minister1 = Anutin Charnvirakul | term_start1 = 19 September 2025 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = Chalermchai Sri-on | successor1 = | office2 = Minister of Labour | prime_minister2 = Prayut Chan-o-cha<br>Prawit Wongsuwon (acting) | term_start2 = 5 August 2020 | term_end2 = 1 September 2023 | predecessor2 = Chatumongol Sonakul | successor2 = Phipat Ratchakitprakarn | office3 = Deputy Minister of Commerce | prime_minister3 = Srettha Thavisin<br>Phumtham Wechayachai (acting)<br>Paetongtarn Shinawatra<br>Suriya Juangroongruangkit (acting) | minister3 = Phumtham Wechayachai<br>Pichai Naripthaphan<br>Jatuporn Buruspat | term_start3 = 27 April 2024 | term_end3 = 19 September 2025 | office4 = Member of the House of Representatives | term_start4 = 8 February 2026 | term_end4 = | constituency4 = Chonburi 1st District | term_start5 = 14 May 2023 | term_end5 = 8 September 2025 | constituency5 = Party-list | term_start6 = 3 July 2011 | term_end6 = 8 January 2023 | constituency6 = Chonburi 1st District | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|07|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Chonburi, Thailand | spouse = Wimonchit Arintamapong | party = Bhumjaithai | other_party = United Thai Nation (2023-2025) <br> Palang Pracharath (2019–2022) <br> Phalang Chon (2011–2018) | alma_mater = Krirk University (BA) | profession = Politician }} '''Suchart Chomklin''' ({{langx|th|สุชาติ ชมกลิ่น}}) is a Thai politician. He currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment in the cabinet of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul since 19 September 2025. He also has served as Minister of Labour in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha from 2020 until 2023.<ref name="thailand_unveils_new_cabinet_ptt_group_2020">{{Cite news|date=6 August 2020|title=Thailand unveils new cabinet with economic czar from PTT group|author=Masayuki Yuda|work=Nikkei Asia|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Turbulent-Thailand/Thailand-unveils-new-cabinet-with-economic-czar-from-PTT-group2|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="new_cabinet_economics_team_challenges_2020">{{Cite news|date=7 August 2020|title=New Cabinet economics team faces huge challenges: experts|work=The Nation|url=https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30392566|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Suchart Chomklin was born on 15 July 1974, is the son of Wichian Chomklin. He lives in Muang District, Chonburi Province and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Bachelor of Management from Krirk University. He married Wimonchit Arintamapong and has 2 sons.
== Political careers == Suchart entered the political by becoming a member of the Chonburi Provincial Administrative Organization in Mueang Chonburi District before being elected as a member of the House of Representatives for the first time in 2011 under the Phalang Chon Party and the general election of members of the Thai House of Representatives, 2019, under the Palang Pracharath Party by being elected for a total of 2 consecutive terms.
On 6 August 2020, the royal command was graciously pleased to appoint him as the Minister of Labor under Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
In 2022, Suchart joined the Thai-Saudi relations restoration high-level meeting of Prime Minister Prayut. In the past, his father was a Thai worker who had traveled to Saudi Arabia for work before the conflict between Thailand and Saudi that stopped Thai workers from working in Saudi Arabia in 1989.<ref>[https://www.prachachat.net/economy/news-850660 ย้อนอดีต คุณพ่อ “สุชาติ” รมต. แรงงาน เคยไปใช้แรงงานที่ซาอุฯ]</ref> Suchart played an important role in the negotiations to restore relations to bring Thai workers back to work in Saudi Arabia again.<ref>[https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2253751/reopening-of-saudi-ties-means-job-opportunities-for-thai-workers Reopening of Saudi ties means job opportunities for Thai workers]</ref>
== Royal decorations == Suchart has received the following royal decorations in the Honours System of Thailand: * 2022 - 80px Knight Grand Cordon of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant * 2021 - 80px Knight Grand Cordon of The Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand
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