Yodchanan Wongsawat
Yodchanan Wongsawat | |
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ยศชนัน วงศ์สวัสดิ์ | |
Yodchanan in 2026 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 8 February 2026 | |
| Constituency | Party-list |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 October 1979 |
| Party | Pheu Thai |
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| Relatives | Thaksin Shinawatra (uncle) Yingluck Shinawatra (aunt) Paetongtarn Shinawatra (first cousin) |
| Alma mater | Thammasat University (BS) University of Texas at Arlington (MS, PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biomedical engineering |
| Main interests | Brain–computer interface Neural engineering |
Yodchanan Wongsawat (Thai: ยศชนัน วงศ์สวัสดิ์; born 8 October 1979) is a Thai academic and politician. He has been a professor of biomedical engineering at Mahidol University since 2025. From 2018 to 2025, he was an associate professor at the university. He specializes in brain–computer interfaces and neural engineering.
In the 2014 general election, Wongsawat was elected member of the House of Representatives according to preliminary results; the election was invalidated as a result of the ongoing political crisis and he was not seated. He is the lead candidate of the Pheu Thai Party for prime minister of Thailand in the 2026 general election. Wongsawat is related to several former prime ministers; he is the son of Somchai Wongsawat, the nephew of Thaksin Shinawatra and Yingluck Shinawatra, and the first cousin of Paetongtarn Shinawatra.