title: Swab Phaoprathan
text: # Swab Phaoprathan
  
  Swab Phaoprathan (Thai: สวาป เผ่าประทาน), also known as Sawab Khan Pathan or Tawab Khan, is a Thai businessman and politician of Pashtun Pakistani ancestry. He became a member of the House of Representatives in January 2020 as a party-list candidate for Bhumjaithai Party, following the death of Chai Chidchob.
  
  Khan was born to a Thai family of Pakistani ancestry whose family migrated from Muhibullah Banda village in Adina, Swabi District. He is fluent in Pashto language. His father, Abdul Wahab, was a soldier in British Indian Army.
  
  Previously, he has served as a special representative of the Thai king for the Muslim community in Thailand.
  
  