Suriya Juangroongruangkit

Suriya Juangroongruangkit (born 1954) is a Thai politician who has held the industry and transport portfolios repeatedly since 1998 and served as deputy prime minister. When the Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on 1 July 2025, he took over as acting prime minister for two days, until a prearranged cabinet reshuffle passed the acting premiership to Phumtham Wechayachai. ^{1 2}

Suriya was born on 10 December 1954 in Bangkok into a Thai Chinese family tracing its roots to Fujian; the family's Chinese surname is Zhuang. He attended Triam Udom Suksa School and took a bachelor of science in manufacturing engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1978, then worked for car companies in Thailand before entering politics. He is the uncle of Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit. ^{1 3}

Suriya was deputy minister of industry from 1998, then minister of industry under Thaksin Shinawatra (2001–2002), minister of transport (2002–2005), and again minister of industry and deputy prime minister (2005–2006). He was secretary-general of Thai Rak Thai, later a leader of the Palang Pracharath Party's Sam Mitr faction, and minister of industry under Prayut Chan-o-cha (2019–2023), before joining Pheu Thai in March 2023 and becoming minister of transport and then deputy prime minister in the Srettha and Paetongtarn governments. No source read for this record states any religion for Suriya Juangroongruangkit — the articles carry no religion field and his Wikidata item has no religion value — and this record records none. ^{1 4 2}

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