Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A babban zaben Thai na 2011 an zabi Nattawut Saikua a matsayin dan majalisar dokoki a jerin sunayen Jam'iyyar Pheu Thai. Lokacin da Firayim Minista Yingluck Shinawatra ta sauya majalisar ministocin ta a ranar 18 ga Janairu, 2012, an nada Nattawut Mataimakin Ministan Aikin Gona da Kungiyoyi. Bayan sake fasalin majalisar ministoci a ranar 28 ga Oktoba 2012, ya canza zuwa Ma'aikatar Kasuwanci. Ya rasa ofishinsa na gwamnati a lokacin juyin mulki
a ranar 22 ga Mayu 2014. Bayan juyin mulkin, an tsare shi a gidan yari na sojoji na tsawon kwanaki bakwai, tare da sauran shugabannin "Red Shirt".