Yodchanan Wongsawat
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Yodchanan Wongsawat | |
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ยศชนัน วงศ์สวัสดิ์ | |
 Yodchanan in 2026 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand | |
| Assumed office 30 March 2026 | |
| Prime Minister | Anutin Charnvirakul |
| Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation | |
| Assumed office 30 March 2026 | |
| Prime Minister | Anutin Charnvirakul |
| Preceded by | Surasak Phancharoenworakul |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 8 February 2026 | |
| Constituency | Party-list |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 October 1979 |
| Party | Pheu Thai |
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| Relatives | Thaksin Shinawatra (uncle) Yingluck Shinawatra (aunt) Paetongtarn Shinawatra (first cousin) |
| Alma mater | Thammasat University (BS) University of Texas at Arlington (MS, PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biomedical engineering |
| Main interests | Brain–computer interface Neural engineering |
Yodchanan Wongsawat (Thai: ยศชนัน วงศ์สวัสดิ์; born 8 October 1979) is a Thai academic and politician. He has been a professor of biomedical engineering at Mahidol University since 2025.[1] From 2018 to 2025, he was an associate professor at the university.[1] He specializes in brain–computer interfaces and neural engineering.[2]
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.[3] He is the lead candidate of the Pheu Thai Party for prime minister of Thailand in the 2026 general election.[4] 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.[5]
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