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Member of the House of Representatives of Thailand (2005–2006); Minister of Tourism and Sports of Thailand (2002–2005); Minister of Higher Education,Science,Research and Innovation (2001–2002); Member of the House of Representatives of Thailand (2001–2005)."}],"related":[{"name":"Andrew Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrew-johnson"},{"name":"Ehud Olmert","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ehud-olmert"},{"name":"Hussein Khalidi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussein-khalidi"},{"name":"Ekrem İmamoğlu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ekrem-imamoglu"},{"name":"Nir Barkat","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nir-barkat"},{"name":"Bill Haslam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-haslam"},{"name":"Anutin Charnvirakul","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anutin-charnvirakul"},{"name":"Yingluck Shinawatra","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yingluck-shinawatra"},{"name":"Thaksin Shinawatra","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/thaksin-shinawatra"},{"name":"Banharn Silpa-archa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/banharn-silpa-archa"},{"name":"Abhisit Vejjajiva","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abhisit-vejjajiva"},{"name":"Samak Sundaravej","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/samak-sundaravej"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Sontaya_Kunplome.jpg","width":640,"height":1163,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"B20180","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sontaya_Kunplome.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Sontaya Kunplome","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sontaya_Kunplome","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q6633964","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6633964","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Sontaya Kunplome.jpg by B20180 (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sontaya_Kunplome.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Sontaya Kunplome, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Sontaya Kunplome.jpg — B20180, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Sontaya Kunplome\". DigiNepal. Last updated 6 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/sontaya-kunplome. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-06T06:42:42Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/sontaya-kunplome","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/sontaya-kunplome","ne":null}}