Ex-minister Pimpa dies aged 65
Former minister and Nonthaburi MP Pimpa Chanprasong passed away yesterday morning at the age of 65 after suffering acute kidney failure.
Her funeral rites will take place from Tuesday, with the cremation set for May 24.
According to a close family member, Pimpa was rushed to a nearby hospital on Sunday after complaining of heaviness in the chest.
Found to be suffering cardiac arrest, she was resuscitated and referred to the Central Chest Institute where she was diagnosed with coronary artery disease and received treatment, the source said.
However, Pimpa yesterday succumbed to kidney failure due to poor blood circulation after the cardiac arrest.
Pimpa was born on August 16, 1953. She graduated from Krirk University and was married to Thawin Chanprasong, also a former minister and Nonthaburi MP, who had passed away earlier.
Pimpa entered politics in 1992, seeking parliamentary election under the Kwam Wang Mai Party banner before reaching the peak of her career when she was appointed minister attached to the Prime Minister’s Office in Chuan Leekpai’s administration.
As a member of the executive board of the Thai Rak Thai Party in 2007, Pimpa was banned from politics for five years. When Thai Rak Thai was dissolved in 2013, Pimpa joined the Democrat Party and had remained a member ever since.