Former minister, 14-time MP Suchon Charmphunut dies of cancer
Veteran politician Suchon Charmphunut, a 14-time MP and several-time Cabinet member, succumbed on Friday to pancreatic cancer, his wife has reported.
Premrudee Charmphunut posted on her Facebook wall that Suchon died at 9.47pm on Friday at the Ramathibodi Hospital. He was 82 years old.
The wife said Suchon was admitted to the hospital on June 2.
“He passed away peacefully in the arms of his wife, children and grandchildren at the age of 82,” Premrudee posted.
Suchon was elected an MP 14 times under several party banners, most recently Pheu Thai. He was initially elected as a Phitsanulok MP before becoming a party-list MP.
He served as an advisor to the prime minister, a PM’s Office minister, the university affairs minister, and the deputy finance minister.
Most recently, Suchon was an advisor to then Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He took on the post in 2011 and resigned in March 2014.
He was born on July 25, 1937.
