English-Thai economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand

Abhisit Vejjajiva

Abhisit Vejjajiva is a Thai politician who was the 27th prime minister of Thailand from 2008 to 2011. He was the leader of the Democrat Party from 2005 until he resigned following the party's weak performance in the 2019 election. He returned as leader of the party once again in October 2025, following party elections. 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.

Born

1964

August 3

Died

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1960s

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1964 Born

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8 Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna.
435 Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
881 Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
908 Battle of Eisenach: An invading Hungarian force defeats an East Frankish army under Duke Burchard of Thuringia.

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The world in 1964

When Abhisit arrived

april 1 The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
april 11 Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected president by the National Congress.
april 13 At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
april 17 Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29+1⁄2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio.

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Eric Esch 1966– American wrestler, boxer, and mixed martial artist Ernie Pyle 1900–1945 American journalist and soldier (born 1900) Esther Earl 1994– American author, vlogger, and online personality (died 2010) Jonas Savimbi 1934–2002 Angolan general, founded UNITA (died 2002) Juanita Helms 1941–2009 American politician (died 2009) Lance Alworth 1940– American football player Mark Reynolds 1983– American baseball player Martha Stewart 1941– American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Martin Atkins 1959– English drummer and producer

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Andrew Bartlett 1964– Australian social worker and politician Andy Serkis 1964– English actor and director Đặng Thân 1964– Vietnamese writer and poet Arlie Petters 1964– Belizean-American mathematical physicist and academic Azmin Ali 1964– Malaysian mathematician and politician Brian Adams 1964–2007 American wrestler (died 2007) Bridget Fonda 1964– American actress Calista Flockhart 1964– American actress CeCe Winans 1964– American singer-songwriter

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