By Susan C.

Pimpen and Abhisit are seen side by side

  
Although Thailand has never had the title of “First Lady” traditionally, the rise of Abhisit Vejjajiva to the premiership has made people unavoidably turn their eyes to his wife Pimpen, a little-known Thai woman who is working as a mathematics lecturer at Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.
Abhisit, nicknamed “Mark”, may be quite an outgoing politician whom has become widely known since he joined Democrat Party and won his party the only parliamentary seat in Bangkok in 1992 to mark …

Born:               5 August 1964

Father:            Prof. Pongpen Sakuntabhai (former lecturer at Faculties of Political Science, Thammasat University and later Chulalongkorn University)
Mother:          Prapapim Sakuntabhai (former assistant governor of Bank of Thailand)  
Spouse:           Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
Children:        Prang (F, Birthdate: 28 November 1990) and Pannasit (M, Birthdate: 9
August 1993)
Education:     Bachelor of Medical Science (B.Sc.) in Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
Master of Science and Doctorate in Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University
Professional Experience:
- Lecturer at the Faculty of Science’s Department of Mathematics, Chulalongkorn University