Seng Saekhu

Seng Saekhu
Born
Khu Chun Seng

c. 1840s
Diedc. 1911 (aged 62–71)
Spouses
  • Thongdi
    (m. 1880; died 1910)
  • Nocha
    (m. 1910)
Children9
RelativesShinawatra family
Seng Saekhu
Chinese name
Chinese丘春盛
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQiū Chūnshèng
Hakka
RomanizationHiu1 Cun1 Siin5
Southern Min
Hokkien POJKhu Chhun-sēng
Teochew Peng'imKu1 Cung1 Sêng6
Thai name
Thaiเส็ง แซ่คู
RTGSSeng Saekhu

Seng Saekhu (c. 1840sc. 1911) also known as Khu Chun Seng or Nguanseng Saekhu was a Chinese–born Thai tax farmer and the patriarch of the Shinawatra family. He was the paternal grandfather of Loet Shinawatra, the patrilineal great-grandfather of former Thai prime ministers Thaksin Shinawatra and Yingluck Shinawatra, and the patrilineal great-great-grandfather of former prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.