Poonpirom Liptapanlop, also known as Madam Ting, [1] is a Thailand politician who serves as minister of Energy in 2008. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] She is the wife of former Thailand's deputy prime minister Suwat Liptapanlop, who was banned from politics for five years after the Thai Rak Thai Party was dissolved by military coup and found guilty of election fraud in 2007. [7]