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Abhisit Vejjajiva

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Abhisit Vejjajiva (; Thai: อภิสิทธิ์ เวชชาชีวะ, RTGS: Aphisit Wetchachiwa, Thai pronunciation: [ʔà.pʰí.sìt wêːt.tɕʰāː.tɕʰīː.wáʔ] ; born 3 August 1964) is a Thai politician who was the 27th prime minister of Thailand from 2008 to 2011. He is the leader of the Democrat Party from 2005 until he resigned following the party's weak performance in the 2019 election. He return as the leader of the party once again in October 2025. As leader of the second largest party in the House of Representatives, he was also leader of the opposition – a position he held from 2005 to 2008 and again after his premiership until his party's en masse resignation from the House on 8 December 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2024). Abhisit Vejjajiva is the 10,340th most popular politician (up from 11,435th in 2024), the 2,302nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,379th in 2019) and the 359th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abhisit Vejjajiva ranks 10,340 out of 19,576. Before him are Tyti, Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik, Eudoxia Streshneva, Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, Fernando I, Duke of Braganza, and Jacques Georges. After him are Mstislav III of Kiev, Francesco Donato, John Morley, Ronald Inglehart, Hazem El Beblawi, and George Mouzalon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Abhisit Vejjajiva ranks 116. Before him are Elle Macpherson, Michael Rummenigge, Calista Flockhart, Johnny Herbert, Sertab Erener, and Mariska Hargitay. After him are Dan Sullivan, Vincent Perez, Kim Jee-woon, Rob Lowe, Melissa Gilbert, and Hashem Safieddine.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Abhisit Vejjajiva ranks 2,302 out of 8,785. Before him are Howard Jones (1955), Ernest Bevin (1881), Tom Courtenay (1937), John Stanley (1712), Mike Rutherford (1950), and Leonard Woolf (1880). After him are John Morley (1838), Bob Wilson (1941), Roger Hunt (1938), Richard Long (1945), John Major (1467), and John Bagot Glubb (1897).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Abhisit Vejjajiva ranks 359. Before him are Joe Davis (1901), Erskine Childers (1870), Norman Lamont (1942), Mary McAleese (1951), Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874), and Ernest Bevin (1881). After him are John Morley (1838), F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782), David Blunkett (1947), William Fox (1812), Ken Tyrrell (1924), and Andrew Bertie (1929).

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