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WACHIRALONGKON

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WACHIRALONGKON is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Maha Vajiralongkorn · Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua · Maha Vaçiralonqkorn · Mahá Vatčirálongkón · Vadzsiralongkorn thaiföldi király · 24 more...				[sources]
Other name	Haring Wajiralongkorn · King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun · King Rama X · King Rama X of Thailand · Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangku · 16 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Vajirālaṅkaraṇa · ဝသိလာလောင်ကွန်း · រាមាទី១០ · 哇集拉隆功 · 拉玛十世 · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1952-07-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Amphorn Sathan Residential Hall				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Thailand				[sources]
Citizenship	Thailand				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Title	His Majesty · Majesty · Royal Highness				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q548733				[sources]
Position	Crown Prince of Thailand (1972-2016) · King · King of Thailand (2016-)				[sources]
Education	Chitralada School (1956-1965) · Defence Academy of the United Kingdom (1990-) · Millfield (1966-1970) · Royal Military College (1972-1976) · Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (1984-1987) · 2 more...				[sources]
Religion	Buddhism · Theravāda				[sources]
Ethnicity	Thai people				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-21	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

King of Thailand (2016–)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sirivannavari di Thailandia Close Associate	child	-	-
Chakriwat Vivacharawongse Close Associate	child	-	-

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
King of Thailand	2016-10-13	-

Data sources

US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and Government868

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UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,072

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,216

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata334,043

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: NK-a6KK64k8xyH9qeJZzi8scG · unprot-b324cd9f59228f66add56d88a2c06b93fd6696d0 · unprot-79663c675e97e33ee13d5ab92b642493220ebd80 · unprot-6fa631adac0c453e657dc5cdfbab276ed4c6ae3f · us-cia-thailand-wachiralongkon-king · us-cia-thailand-wachiralongkon-vajiralongkorn-king

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