
Abhisit Vejjajiva
Former Prime Minister Thailand
Recognitions
Industry
Government, Public Services & Law
Interest
Travel
Abhisit was born in England, attended Eton College and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Oxford, during which time one of his classmates was Boris Johnson. He became Thailand’s youngest prime minister at the age of 44. As the leader of the Democrat Party, he resigned after the party’s poor performance in the 2019 election. He and his wife, Pimpen, have two children, Prang and Pannasit.