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'''Seng Saekhu''' ({{lang-th|เส็ง แซ่คู}}) or '''KHU Chun Seng''' ({{zh|c=丘春盛|p=Qiū Chūnshèng}}) was a great-grandfather of former [[Thailand|Thai]] [[Prime Minister of Thailand|prime |
'''Seng Saekhu''' ({{lang-th|เส็ง แซ่คู}}) or '''KHU Chun Seng''' ({{zh|c=丘春盛|p=Qiū Chūnshèng}}) was a great-grandfather of former [[Thailand|Thai]] [[Prime Minister of Thailand|prime ministers]] [[Thaksin Shinawatra]] and [[Yingluck Shinawatra]]. |
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Seng was a [[Hakka people|Hakka]] Chinese immigrant from [[Fengshun]], [[Meizhou]], [[Guangdong]]. He arrived in [[Thailand|Siam]] in the 1860s. In 1908, he settled in [[Chiang Mai]]. He married a Thai woman named Sangdi (most Thais did not have family names before 1918). His eldest son, Chiang Saekhu, was born in [[Chanthaburi]] in 1890, and also married a Thai, Saeng Somna. Chiang's eldest son, Sak, adopted the Thai surname Shinawatra ("does good routinely") in 1938 during the [[Plaek Pibulsonggram|Phibun]] regime's anti-Chinese campaigns. The rest of the family soon adopted it, including Loet, Thaksin's father, who was born in Chiang Mai in 1919. Loet married Yindi Ramingwong, who is also of Hakka Chinese descent.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://english.people.com.cn/200507/03/eng20050703_193730.html |title=Thai PM concludes China tour |newspaper=People's Daily Online; Xinhua |date=July 3, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{zh icon}} {{cite web |url=http://www.hsm.com.cn/news/2005/0701/68/596.shtml |title=泰国总理他信：我是华裔客家人 |trans_title=Thai Prime Minister: 'I am Hakka Chinese' |date=July 1, 2005 |work=Overseas Chinese Network |publisher=中国侨网}} {{zh icon}}</ref> |
Seng was a [[Hakka people|Hakka]] Chinese immigrant from [[Fengshun]], [[Meizhou]], [[Guangdong]]. He arrived in [[Thailand|Siam]] in the 1860s. In 1908, he settled in [[Chiang Mai]]. He married a Thai woman named Sangdi (most Thais did not have family names before 1918). His eldest son, Chiang Saekhu, was born in [[Chanthaburi]] in 1890, and also married a Thai, Saeng Somna. Chiang's eldest son, Sak, adopted the Thai surname Shinawatra ("does good routinely") in 1938 during the [[Plaek Pibulsonggram|Phibun]] regime's anti-Chinese campaigns. The rest of the family soon adopted it, including Loet, Thaksin's father, who was born in Chiang Mai in 1919. Loet married Yindi Ramingwong, who is also of Hakka Chinese descent.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://english.people.com.cn/200507/03/eng20050703_193730.html |title=Thai PM concludes China tour |newspaper=People's Daily Online; Xinhua |date=July 3, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{zh icon}} {{cite web |url=http://www.hsm.com.cn/news/2005/0701/68/596.shtml |title=泰国总理他信：我是华裔客家人 |trans_title=Thai Prime Minister: 'I am Hakka Chinese' |date=July 1, 2005 |work=Overseas Chinese Network |publisher=中国侨网}} {{zh icon}}</ref> |
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Seng Saekhu (Template:Lang-th) or KHU Chun Seng (Chinese: 丘春盛; pinyin: Qiū Chūnshèng) was a great-grandfather of former Thai prime ministers Thaksin Shinawatra and Yingluck Shinawatra.
Seng was a Hakka Chinese immigrant from Fengshun, Meizhou, Guangdong. He arrived in Siam in the 1860s. In 1908, he settled in Chiang Mai. He married a Thai woman named Sangdi (most Thais did not have family names before 1918). His eldest son, Chiang Saekhu, was born in Chanthaburi in 1890, and also married a Thai, Saeng Somna. Chiang's eldest son, Sak, adopted the Thai surname Shinawatra ("does good routinely") in 1938 during the Phibun regime's anti-Chinese campaigns. The rest of the family soon adopted it, including Loet, Thaksin's father, who was born in Chiang Mai in 1919. Loet married Yindi Ramingwong, who is also of Hakka Chinese descent.[1][2]
Seng Saekhu made his fortune through tax farming. The Saekhu/Shinawatra later founded Shinawatra Silks and moved into finance, construction and property development.
References
- ^ "Thai PM concludes China tour". People's Daily Online; Xinhua. July 3, 2005.
- ^ Template:Zh icon "泰国总理他信：我是华裔客家人". Overseas Chinese Network. 中国侨网. July 1, 2005.
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Further reading
- Baker, Chris; Pasuk, Phongpaichit. Thaksin: The Business of Politics in Thailand. Silkworm Books. ISBN 978-974-9575-55-0.