Abhisit Vejjajiva, a Thai politician, has a net worth of $2 million.
Abhisit Vejjajiva was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, in August 1964.
Between 2008 and 2011, Vejjajiva held the position of Prime Minister in Thailand.
He obtained his education from both Eton College and the University of Oxford.
Vejjajiva, who was 27 years old, was elected to the Parliament of Thailand.
In July 1992, he was elected as a member of the Thai House of Representatives for the Bangkok Metropolitan Region – 6th District as a Democrat Party member, a position he held until December 2013.
In March 2005, Vejjajiva was elected as the Leader of the Democrat Party. He served as the 27th Prime Minister of Thailand from December 2008 until August 2011.
From March 2005 to December 2008, and then again from August 2011 to December 2013, Vejjajiva served as the Leader of the Opposition.
In the same month that he resigned as Leader, he was charged with murder in a crackdown on protesters that resulted in 90 fatalities in 2010.
Vejjajiva endorsed a “People’s Agenda” and administered two economic stimulus schemes.
Demonstrations against his regime in 2009 and 2010 resulted in military reprisals and casualties.
When Vejjajiva became Prime Minister in 2008, he disclosed his personal assets, which amounted to $51.8 million baht or almost $2 million USD.
He has never been employed in the private sector and received his riches through gifts or inheritances.