# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phumtham-wechayachai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:00:12.263Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phumtham-wechayachai"
name: "Phumtham Wechayachai"
slug: "phumtham-wechayachai"
description: "Phumtham Wechayachai is a Thai politician who served as the acting Prime Minister of Thailand from the suspension of Paetongtarn Shinawatra in July to the appointment of Anutin Charnvirakul in September 2025 as well as from 14 to 16 August 2024 from the dismissal of Srettha Thavisin to the appointment of Paetongtarn. He served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce of Thailand in the Srettha cabinet, and in the Paetongtarn cabinet he served as Minister of Defence. He is the concurrent Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior."
tagline: "Acting Prime Minister of Thailand from 14 to 16 August 2024 and from July to September 2025"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phumtham_Wechayachai_30_May_2025.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953-12-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           21.3179
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  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump