What is Kanchana Silpa-archa?
'''Kanchana Silpa-archa''' (Thai: กัญจนา ศิลปอาชา) is a Thai politician known for her leadership in the Chartthaipattana Party.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Asaree Thaitrakulpanich|date=27 February 2019|title=THAI ELECTION FOR DUMMIES: GUIDE TO THE PARTIES|url=https://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2019/02/27/thai-election-for-dummies-guide-to-the-parties/|website=khaosodenglish.com|publisher=[[Khaosod]]|accessdate=12 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=นางสาวกัญจนา ศิลปอาชา|url=https://www.parliament.go.th/ewtadmin/ewt/parliament_parcy/ewt_news.php?nid=1047&filename=index|website=parliament.go.th|language=Thai|accessdate=12 June 2020}}</ref> She also held the position of Deputy Minister of Education from 1999 to 2001. Kanchana was born on February 15, 1960, in [[Suphan Buri province|Suphan Buri]], Thailand.<ref>{{cite news|date=23 April 2016|title=Former PM Banharn dies at 83|publisher=[[Bangkok Post]]|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/944729/banharn-silpa-archa-dies-at-83|accessdate=12 June 2020}}</ref> She is the daughter of former Prime Minister [[Banharn Silpa-archa]] and Jamsai Silpa-archa. Additionally, she is the niece of former Deputy Prime Minister Chumpol Silpa-archa.<ref>{{cite news|date=16 August 1996|title=Thai Premier Drags Daughter Off Camera|work=[[New York Times]]|agency=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/16/world/thai-premier-drags-daughter-off-camera.html|accessdate=12 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=19 September 1996|title=Thai Premier Fights Back at Embarrassing Allegations|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://apnews.com/0d9212ef51b44439acbf067ee991eab9|accessdate=12 June 2020}}</ref> After the Thai Nation Party was dissolved on December 2, 2008, due to electoral fraud charges, she was banned from participating in Thai politics for five years, along with other party executives.<ref>{{cite news|date=2 December 2008|title=Thailand prime minister to step down after court strips him of office|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/20