# Suchart Chomklin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Suchart_Chomklin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Suchart_Chomklin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suchart_Chomklin > Source revision: 1349567863 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Thai politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Suchart Chomklin | image = Suchart Chomklin.jpg | caption = Suchart in 2020 | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|list=[MPCh](/source/Order_of_the_White_Elephant) [MVM](/source/Order_of_the_Crown_of_Thailand)}} | native_name = {{nobold|สุชาติ ชมกลิ่น}} | native_name_lang = th | status = | office = [Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Thailand) | prime_minister = [Anutin Charnvirakul](/source/Anutin_Charnvirakul) | term_start = 19 September 2025 | term_end = 30 March 2026 | office1 = [Minister of Natural Resources and Environment](/source/Ministry_of_Natural_Resources_and_Environment_(Thailand)) | prime_minister1 = Anutin Charnvirakul | term_start1 = 19 September 2025 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = [Chalermchai Sri-on](/source/Chalermchai_Sri-on) | successor1 = | office2 = [Minister of Labour](/source/Ministry_of_Labour_(Thailand)) | prime_minister2 = [Prayut Chan-o-cha](/source/Prayut_Chan-o-cha)
[Prawit Wongsuwon](/source/Prawit_Wongsuwon) (acting) | term_start2 = 5 August 2020 | term_end2 = 1 September 2023 | predecessor2 = [Chatumongol Sonakul](/source/Chatumongol_Sonakul) | successor2 = [Phipat Ratchakitprakarn](/source/Phipat_Ratchakitprakarn) | office3 = [Deputy Minister of Commerce](/source/Ministry_of_Commerce_(Thailand)) | prime_minister3 = [Srettha Thavisin](/source/Srettha_Thavisin)
[Phumtham Wechayachai](/source/Phumtham_Wechayachai) (acting)
[Paetongtarn Shinawatra](/source/Paetongtarn_Shinawatra)
[Suriya Juangroongruangkit](/source/Suriya_Juangroongruangkit) (acting) | minister3 = Phumtham Wechayachai
[Pichai Naripthaphan](/source/Pichai_Naripthaphan)
[Jatuporn Buruspat](/source/Jatuporn_Buruspat) | term_start3 = 27 April 2024 | term_end3 = 19 September 2025 | office4 = Member of the [House of Representatives](/source/House_of_Representatives_(Thailand)) | 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](/source/Chonburi_province), Thailand | spouse = Wimonchit Arintamapong | party = [Bhumjaithai](/source/Bhumjaithai_Party) | other_party = [United Thai Nation](/source/United_Thai_Nation_Party) (2023-2025)
[Palang Pracharath](/source/Palang_Pracharath_Party) (2019–2022)
[Phalang Chon](/source/Phalang_Chon_Party) (2011–2018) | alma_mater = [Krirk University](/source/Krirk_University) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts)) | profession = Politician }} '''Suchart Chomklin''' ({{langx|th|สุชาติ ชมกลิ่น}}) is a Thai politician. He currently serves as [Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Thailand) and [Minister of Natural Resources and Environment](/source/Ministry_of_Natural_Resources_and_Environment_(Thailand)) in the cabinet of Prime Minister [Anutin Charnvirakul](/source/Anutin_Charnvirakul) since 19 September 2025. He also has served as [Minister of Labour](/source/Ministry_of_Labour_(Thailand)) in the [second cabinet](/source/Second_Prayut_cabinet) of Prime Minister [Prayut Chan-o-cha](/source/Prayut_Chan-o-cha) from 2020 until 2023.{{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}}{{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}} == 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](/source/Chonburi_Province) and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Bachelor of Management from [Krirk University](/source/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](/source/Phalang_Chon_Party) and the general election of members of the Thai House of Representatives, 2019, under the [Palang Pracharath Party](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Blue_Diamond_Affair) that stopped Thai workers from working in Saudi Arabia in 1989.[https://www.prachachat.net/economy/news-850660 ย้อนอดีต คุณพ่อ “สุชาติ” รมต. แรงงาน เคยไปใช้แรงงานที่ซาอุฯ] Suchart played an important role in the negotiations to restore relations to bring Thai workers back to work in Saudi Arabia again.[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] == Royal decorations == Suchart has received the following royal decorations in the [Honours System](/source/Thai_Honours_Order_of_Precedence) of Thailand: * 2022 - 80px Knight Grand Cordon of the Most Exalted [Order of the White Elephant](/source/Order_of_the_White_Elephant) * 2021 - 80px Knight Grand Cordon of The Most Noble [Order of the Crown of Thailand](/source/Order_of_the_Crown_of_Thailand) == References == {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[Chatumongol Sonakul](/source/Chatumongol_Sonakul)}} {{s-ttl|title=[Minister of Labour](/source/Ministry_of_Labour_(Thailand))|years=2020–2023}} {{s-aft|after=[Phipat Ratchakitprakarn](/source/Phipat_Ratchakitprakarn)}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chomklin, Suchart}} Suchart Chomklin Suchart Chomklin Suchart Chomklin Suchart Chomklin Category:Living people Category:1974 births Suchart Chomklin Suchart Chomklin Suchart Chomklin Suchart Chomklin Category:Anutin cabinet {{Thailand-politician-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Suchart Chomklin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suchart_Chomklin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suchart_Chomklin?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.