Wannarat Channukul

Wannarat Channukul
วรรณรัตน์ ชาญนุกูล
Wannarat at Copenhagen Summit in 2009
Minister of Industry
In office
9 August 2011  18 January 2012
Prime MinisterYingluck Shinawatra
Preceded byChaiwuti Bannawat
Succeeded byPongsavas Svasti
Minister of Energy
In office
20 December 2008  9 August 2011
Prime MinisterAbhisit Vejjajiva
Succeeded byPichai Naripthaphan
In office
24 September 2008  2 December 2008
Prime MinisterSomchai Wongsawat
Preceded byPoonpirom Liptapanlop
Leader of the Chart Pattana Party
In office
26 December 2008  21 November 2018
Preceded byChettha Thanjaro
Succeeded byTewan Liptapallop
Personal details
Born (1949-03-08) March 8, 1949
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Political party
SpouseTemsiri Channukul
Alma mater
ProfessionPhysician

Wannarat Channukul (Thai: วรรณรัตน์ ชาญนุกูล, RTGS: Wannarat Channukun; born 8 March 1949 in Nakhon Ratchasima) is a Thai physician and politician. He is the leader of the Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party. From 2008 to 2011, he was Minister of Energy in the cabinet of Abhisit Vejjajiva. and from 2011 to 2012 Minister of Industry in the cabinet of Yingluck Shinawatra.