Khun Ying Honorifics (linguistics), Honorifics are a class of words or grammatical morphemes that encode a wide variety of social relationships between interlocutors or between interlocutors and referents.Foley, William. ''Anthropological Linguistics: An Int ...

'' Jamsai Silpa-archa ( th, แจ่มใส ศิลปอาชา, , ; born 20 April 1934), née Lekhawat ( th, เลขวัต, ), is the widow of

Banharn Silpa-archa Banharn Silpa-archa (also spelled ''Banhan'', ''Silapa''-, ''Sinlapa''-, -''acha''; th, บรรหาร ศิลปอาชา, , ; ; 19 August 1932 – 23 April 2016) was a Thai politician. He was the Prime Minister of Thailand from 1995 ...

, the 21st

Prime Minister of Thailand The prime minister of Thailand ( th, นายกรัฐมนตรี, , ; literally 'chief minister of state') is the head of government of Thailand. The prime minister is also the chair of the Cabinet of Thailand. The post has existed si ...

and

Thai Nation Party Thai Nation Party, or Chart Thai Party ( th, พรรคชาติไทย, ) was a conservative political party in Thailand. It was dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on December 2, 2008, along with the People's Power Party and ...

Leader. They have three children: one son, Varawut (married to Suwanna Raiwin), and two daughters, Kanchana and Parichat.

Education and careers

Jamsai graduated from Phadungsil School in 1944 and graduated from Sanguan Ying School in 1947. She was a founder of Banharn-Jamsai Silpa-archa Foundation to provide educational opportunities to students in Suphanburi province.

Royal decorations

Order of the White Elephant - 5th Class (Thailand) ribbon

Order of the White Elephant __NOTOC__ The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant ( th, เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือก; ) is an order (decoration), orde ...

Benchamaphon Chang Phueak *

Order of the Crown of Thailand - 3rd Class (Thailand) ribbon

Order of the Crown of Thailand The Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand ( th, เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันมีเกียรติยศยิ่งมงกุฎไทย; ) is a Thai order, established in 1869 by King Rama ...

Tritaphon Mongkut Thai *

Order of the Crown of Thailand - 1st Class (Thailand) ribbon

Order of the Crown of Thailand Prathamaphon Mongkut Thai * Order of Chula Chom Klao - 4th Class (Thailand) ribbon

Order of Chula Chom Klao The Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao ( th, เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์จุลจอมเกล้า; ) was established on 16 November 1873 by King Chulalongkorn, Rama V of The Thailand, Kingdom of ...

Chatutot Chunlachomklao * Order of the White Elephant - 1st Class (Thailand) ribbon

Order of the White Elephant Prathamaphon Chang Phueak * Order of the Crown of Thailand Maha Wachira Mongkut * Order of the White Elephant Maha Paramaphon Chang Phueak * Order of the Direkgunabhorn 1st class (Thailand) ribbon

Order of the Direkgunabhorn 1st class (Thailand) ribbon

Order of the Direkgunabhorn __NOTOC__ The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn ( th, เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่สรรเสริญยิ่งดิเรกคุณาภรณ์; ) was establi ...

Pathama Direkkhunaphon * Order of Chula Chom Klao - 3rd Class lower (Thailand) ribbon

Order of Chula Chom Klao Tatiya Chunlachomklaoประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ (เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์จุลจอมเกล้า ในวโรกาสฉัตรมงคล)
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1934 births Living people

Jamsai Silpa-archa ''Khun Ying'' Jamsai Silpa-archa ( th, แจ่มใส ศิลปอาชา, , ; born 20 April 1934), née Lekhawat ( th, เลขวัต, ), is the widow of Banharn Silpa-archa, the 21st Prime Minister of Thailand and Thai Nation Party ...

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Education and careers

Royal decorations

See also

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