Government & Politics
- Bhumibol Adulyadej – King of Thailand since 9 June 1946
- Pongpol Adireksarn – politician of the Thai Rak Thai party
- Piyasvasti Amranand – Energy Minister between 9 October 2006 and 6 February 2008
- Thanong Bidaya – politician and deposed Finance Minister
- Kraisak Choonhavan – politician and member of the Senate from 2000 till 2006
- Pridiyathorn Devakula – Member of Cabinet and had served as Governor of the Bank of Thailand
- Devavongse – second foreign minister of Thailand 1881–1923
- Yat Hwaidi – Khmer politician
- Chirayu Isarangkul – Director-General of the Crown Property Bureau and a former Deputy Minister of Industry of Thailand
- Somkid Jatusripitak – politician, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce of Thailand.
- Chuwit Kamolvisit – politician, one time massage parlor owner
- Sudarat Keyuraphan – politician, served as the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives
- Sunthorn Kongsompong – military coup d'état leader, deposed the government from 1991 – 1992
- Chuan Leekpai – Prime Minister of Thailand, 1992 to 1995 and again from 1997 to 2001
- Prachai Leophai-ratana – former Senator and a businessman
- Prommin Lertsuridej – politician, Secretary General, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of economic affairs, and Minister of Energy
- Thammarak Isaragura na Ayuthaya – military officer, Member of Parliament, and former Defence Minister
- Pallop Pinmanee – Army general who took part in several coups,
- Sukhumbhand Paripatra – politician and Member of Parliament
- Noppadon Pattama – politician, Foreign Minister of Thailand 2008
- Ratsadanupradit Mahison Phakdi – provincial administrator, introduced the rubber tree to Thailand
- Sang Phathanothai – politician, union leader, and journalist
- Nit Phibunsongkhram – career diplomat and politician
- Lek Nana – businessman and politician, Deputy Foreign Minister, Minister of Science, Technology, and Energy
- Mongkol Na Songkhla – politician, Minister of Health
- Surin Pitsuwan – politician
- Sutham Sangprathum – politician
- Surakiart Sathirathai – Deputy Prime Minister overseeing Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture, ???? to 2006
- Thaworn Senniam – politician current Deputy Interior Minister
- Boonsanong Punyodyana – politician
- Boonchu Rojanastien – Thai/Chinese banker, finance minister 1975 and 1976
- Manoonkrit Roopkachorn – former Thai military officer, Senator and Speaker of the Senate
- Karoon Sai-ngam – politician, former Senator of the Kingdom of Thailand
- Chatumongol Sonakul – former Governor of the Bank of Thailand, 1998 to 2001
- Prasong Soonsiri – pilot, politician, Foreign Minister, and head of the National Security Council
- Chamlong Srimuang – activist, former politician, former General
- Wijit Srisa-arn – politician, appointed Minister of Education, 2006
- Samak Sundaravej – Thai Chinese politician, served as Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, 2008
- Kantathi Suphamongkhon – 39th Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Minister, 2005 & 2006
- Chalongphob Sussangkarn – President of the Thailand Development Research Institute, Minister of Finance
- Santi Thakral – President of the Supreme Court, Privy Council
- Puey Ungpakorn – Governor of the (Central) Bank of Thailand, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, rector of Thammasat University
- Prateep Ungsongtham Hata – actavist, former Senator
- Borwornsak Uwanno – Cabinet secretary-general, professor of Law, drafter of the 1997 Constitution
- Abhisit Vejjajiva – politician, 27th Prime Minister, 2008 to 2011
- Mechai Viravaidya – former politician and activist
- Sanguan Tularaksa – politician and a leading member of Seri Thai
- Chitchai Wannasathit – caretaker prime minister of Thailand from April to May 2006
- Kowit Wattana – Police Commissioner-General 2004–2007
- Luang Wichitwathakan – politician, playwright and historian
- Tammy Duckworth – Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
- Ploypailin Mahidol Jensen – granddaughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej
- Sirikitiya Jensen – semi-member of the Thai Royal Family
- John Pippy – American politician
- Mechai Viravaidya – politician and activist
- Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah – Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King?) of Malaysia, and the fifteenth Sultan of Terengganu
- Tunku Abdul Rahman – Malaya first Prime Minister from independence in 1957
- Thaksin Shinawatra – Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006
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