| Cholnan Srikaew | |
| Native Name: | ชลน่าน ศรีแก้ว |
| Office: | Minister of Public Health |
| Primeminister: | Srettha Thavisin |
| Term Start: | 1 September 2023 |
| Term End: | 27 April 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Anutin Charnvirakul |
| Successor: | Somsak Thepsuthin |
| Office1: | Deputy Minister of Public Health |
| Primeminister1: | Yingluck Shinawatra |
| Minister1: | Pradit Sinthawanarong |
| Term Start1: | 28 October 2012 |
| Term End1: | 30 June 2013 |
| Office2: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Primeminister2: | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
| Term Start2: | 23 December 2021 |
| Term End2: | 20 March 2023 |
| Predecessor2: | Sompong Amornwiwat |
| Successor2: | Chaithawat Tulathon |
| Office3: | Leader of the Pheu Thai Party |
| Term Start3: | 28 October 2021 |
| Term End3: | 30 August 2023 |
| Predecessor3: | Sompong Amornwiwat |
| Successor3: | Chusak Sirinil (acting)Paetongtarn Shinawatra (officially) |
| Party: | Pheu Thai (2008–present) |
| Office4: | Member of the House of Representatives for Nan |
| Term Start4: | 6 January 2001 |
| Birth Date: | 4 June 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Nan, Thailand |
| Citizenship: | Thailand |
| Nationality: | Thai |
| Otherparty: | Democrat (1983–2000) Thai Rak Thai (2000–2007) People's Power (2007–2008) |
| Spouse: | Nualsakul Bamrungprom |
| Alma Mater: | Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University National Institute of Development Administration |
| Signature: | Cholanan Srikaew signature.svg |
Cholnan Srikaew (Thai: ชลน่าน ศรีแก้ว; RTGS: Chonnan Sikaeo; born 4 June 1961) is a Thai physician and politician. He was previously the Opposition Leader in the House of Representatives of Thailand from 23 December 2021 to 20 March 2023. He was the leader of the Pheu Thai Party from 28 October 2021 to 30 August 2023.[1] [2] [3]
Cholnan was born on 4 June 1961, at Lai Nan Subdistrict, Wiang Sa District, Nan Province. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in medicine from the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University in 1986 and a master's degree in Public Administration from the National Institute of Development Administration in 1999.
Cholnan was a physician at Wiang Sa Hospital, Wiang Sa District, Nan Province, and used to be the Director of Somdej Phra Yuparat Pua Hospital, Pua District, Nan Province between 1995 and 2000.
Cholnan was elected a member of the House of Representatives for the first time in 2001 under the Thai Rak Thai Party and currently serves as a member of the House of Representatives for the Nan Province under the Pheu Thai Party. In 2004, he was appointed as the Secretary to Deputy Minister of Public Health and in 2005 as the Secretary to Professor Suchai Charoenratanakul, the Minister of Public Health under the Thaksin Shinawatra premiership.
Under Yingluck Shinawatra's government, Srikaew was appointed Deputy Minister of Public Health on 27 October 2012, until June 2013.[4] [5]
On 28 October 2021, he was elected leader of the Pheu Thai Party and on 23 December 2021, was appointed as Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives.[6]
On 1 September 2023 he became Minister of Public Health under Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, also from the Pheu Thai Party.