Thailand: General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh (1932 -), Prime Minister of Thailand (r. 1996-1997). Photo by Peerapat Wimonrangkarat/Govt. of Thailand, 2010. General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, also known as ''Big Jiew'' is a Thai politician and retired general. He was Thailand's 22nd Prime Minister from 1996 to 1997. He is of Sino-Thai and ethnic Lao descent. Chavalit began his political career in 1988 in the administration of Chatichai Choonhavan. His New Aspiration Party won the most seats in the 1996 election and he became Prime Minister, but the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 forced him to resign.

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