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Chuan Leekpai

Chuan Leekpai (Thai: ชวน หลีกภัย, Chinese 川呂沛) (born July 28, 1938 in Trang) was the Prime Minister of Thailand from September 23, 1992 to May 24, 1995 and again from November 9, 1997 to February 9, 2001.

As the leader of the Democrat Party, Chuan was elected in 1992 after the abortive coup by General Suchinda Kraprayoon , thus becoming Thailand's first prime minister to come to power without either aristocratic or military backing. He was re-elected in 1997 in the wake of the Asian economic crisis.

Chuan stepped down as the head of the Democrat Party in 2003. He is of Chinese descent.



|- style="text-align: center;" | width="30%" |Preceded by:
Chavalit Yongchaiyudh | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Prime Minister of Thailand
1997–2001 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Thaksin Shinawatra

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