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2023 Thai House Of Representatives
The House of Representatives (Thailand), House of Representatives of Thailand of 2023 consists of 500 members elected in the 2023 Thai general election, 14 May 2023 general election, who, together with 250 members of the appointed Senate of Thailand, Senate, form the National Assembly of Thailand. It is the second parliament to be convened in accordance with the 2017 constitution of Thailand, which followed the 2014 Thai coup d'état, 2014 military coup. Parliament was officially opened by King Maha Vajiralongkorn on July 3, 2023. The Speaker of the House will be elected the following day. House of Representatives composition The Move Forward Party and Pheu Thai Party jointly won a landslide victory in the 2023 Thai general election, 2023 election. Constituencies Bangkok Metropolitan Central Eastern Northeastern Northern Southern Western Party-list proportional representation Speaker Election Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sappaya-Sapasathan
The Sappaya-Sapasathan ( th, สัปปายะสภาสถาน, , ) is the third and current meeting place of the National Assembly of Thailand, the bicameral legislative branch of the Government of Thailand. It is located on the left bank of the Chao Phraya River in Kiakkai neighbourhood of the Dusit District. It is the world's largest parliament building with 424,000 m2 of floor space. History The parliament has changed its venue several times. Its first site was Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall, used from 1933 until 1974. It then moved to the Parliament House of Thailand, but the building was soon outgrown. In 2008, three sites were considered for a new building. They were the Dusit District, the Mueang Nonthaburi District, and the Khlong Toei District. The Dusit District was chosen by the Samak Sundaravej government. Name There are slightly different interpretations of the building's name. The title of the winning design was ''Sappaya Sapha Sathan''. The archit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monarchy Of Thailand
The monarchy of Thailand (whose monarch is referred to as the king of Thailand; th, พระมหากษัตริย์ไทย, or historically, king of Siam; th, พระมหากษัตริย์สยาม) refers to the constitutional monarchy and monarch of the Kingdom of Thailand (formerly Siam). The King of Thailand is the head of state and head of the ruling Royal House of Chakri. Although the current Chakri Dynasty was created in 1782, the existence of the institution of monarchy in Thailand is traditionally considered to have its roots from the founding of the Sukhothai Kingdom in 1238, with a brief interregnum from the death of Ekkathat to the accession of Taksin in the 18th century. The institution was transformed into a constitutional monarchy A constitutional monarchy, parliamentary monarchy, or democratic monarchy is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pita Limjaroenrat
Pita Limjaroenrat ( th, พิธา ลิ้มเจริญรัตน์, , ; born 5 September 1980), nicknamed Tim ( th, ทิม), is a Thai politician and businessman. A member of the House of Representatives, Pita is the leader of the Move Forward Party, the ''de facto'' successor to the dissolved Future Forward Party. Pita led Move Forward to become the largest party in the 2023 general election, winning 151 seats. He hoped to be elected prime minister of Thailand. In the first round of parliamentary voting on 13 July 2023, he was unsuccessful. Later on 19 July, he was suspended from being a MP by the Constitutional Court over shares of defunct broadcaster ITV. Pita's second nomination on the same day was blocked by the National Assembly. The Move Forward Party ultimately joined the opposition following a dispute with their initial collation member the Pheu Thai party. Pita remains under suspension, unable to stand for PM. Early life and education Pita was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaithip Kamolpanthip
Chaithip Kamolpanthip ( th, ชัยทิพย์ กมลพันธ์ทิพย์; born April 19, 1964), usually known by his nickname "Seng" (เส็ง), is a Thai politician who served as the MP for Ratchaburi province in the 25th House of Representatives. Biography and career He was born and lived in Photharam district all along. His family was wealthy through various occupations such as gold shops, leasing, as well as several resort businesses in local and nearby such as Kanchanaburi or Samut Sakhon. For Chaithip, known by the people of Ratchaburi from being a member of the Provincial Administrative Organization (PAO) and his generosity. He first ran for MP in the general election on March 24, 2019, in constituency 3, Ratchaburi province (comprising most of Photharam district and entire of Chom Bueng district) under the Democrat Party. He was unsuccessful when losing to arch-rival Pareena Kraikupt from Palang Pracharath Party with a decisive point of over 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thamanat Prompow
Thamanat Prompow, is the current Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand since 1 September 2023. He formerly served as the Deputy Minister of the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry of Thailand under second Prayut cabinet. He also served as chairman of the National Water Resources Committee (NWRC). He has long served as a political "fixer" for the military junta that assumed power in the 2014 Thai coup d'état. Thamanat has described himself as "the main artery" in Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's 17-party government coalition which Thamanat helped forge in the 2019 Thai general election. He was born on 18 August 1965. Education Thamanat holds a bachelor's degree from Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, a master's degree in Buddhism from Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University and a master's in political science from Ramkhamhaeng University. He has a PhD in public administration from Calamus International University and California University FCE (CUFCE). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chonlanan Srikaew
Chonlanan Srikaew (born June 4, 1961), is a Thai physician and politician who currently served as the Opposition Leader in the House of Representatives of Thailand since 23 December 2021. He is a leader of the Pheu Thai Party since 28 October 2021. Early life Chonlanan was born on June 4, 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. Chonlanan 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 to 2000. Political career Chonlanan 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taopiphop Limjittrakorn
Taopiphop Limjittrakorn () is a Thai brewer and politician. Taopiphop currently serves as a member of the House of Representatives for the People's Party. He has for the liberalization of Thailand's strict liquor laws, arguing that the current legislation supports monopolies and discourages home brewers. Taopiphop was previously arrested for illegal brewing. Thailand's alcohol industry is currently dominated by Boon Rawd Brewery and ThaiBev Thai Beverage, better known as ThaiBev ( th, ไทยเบฟ) (), is Thailand's largest and one of Southeast Asia's largest beverage companies, with distilleries in Thailand, UK, and China. It is owned by Thai Chinese billionaire business ma ..., which as of 2024 control 58% and 34.3% of the beer market, respectively. In October 2024, Taopiphop's bill to liberalize the liquor industry was rejected 237 to 137 by the House of Representatives. References Living people Taopiphop Limjittrakorn Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
26th Thailand House Of Representatives
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smallest composite number, behind 4; its proper divisors are , and . Since 6 equals the sum of its proper divisors, it is a perfect number; 6 is the smallest of the perfect numbers. It is also the smallest Granville number, or \mathcal-perfect number. As a perfect number: *6 is related to the Mersenne prime 3, since . (The next perfect number is 28.) *6 is the only even perfect number that is not the sum of successive odd cubes. *6 is the root of the 6-aliquot tree, and is itself the aliquot sum of only one other number; the square number, . Six is the only number that is both the sum and the product of three consecutive positive numbers. Unrelated to 6's being a perfect number, a Golomb ruler of length 6 is a "perfect ruler". Six is a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pheu Thai Party
The Pheu Thai Party (PTP; th, พรรคเพื่อไทย, lit=For Thais Party, , ) is the third incarnation of a Thai political party founded by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The Pheu Thai Party was founded on 20 September 2007, as an anticipated replacement for the People's Power Party (PPP), which the Constitutional Court of Thailand dissolved less than three months later after finding party members guilty of electoral fraud. The People's Power Party was itself a replacement for Thaksin's original Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT), dissolved by the Court in May 2007 for violation of electoral laws. , Pheu Thai had 22,771 members. Formation and opposition years (2008–2011) The PPP was dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 2 December 2008. On 3 December 2008, the majority of the former PPP MPs defected to the Pheu Thai Party. In a PTP general assembly, the first executive commission was elected on 7 December 2008. Candidates for the party's lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Move Forward Party
The Move Forward Party ( th, พรรคก้าวไกล, ) is a social democratic and progressive political party in Thailand that opposes the remaining influence of the military junta, which ruled the country from 2014 to 2019. It was founded in 2014 as the Ruam Pattana Chart Thai Party ( th, พรรคร่วมพัฒนาชาติไทย) and later changed its name to the Phung Luang Party ( th, พรรคผึ้งหลวง), but after the 2019 Thai general election, reverted to its original name. It obtained its current name in 2020 after becoming the de facto successor to the dissolved Future Forward Party. History The party was officially founded on 1 May 2014 as the Ruam Pattana Chart Thai Party. In early 2020, the party became a de facto successor to the Future Forward Party, which had been dissolved by a dubious Constitutional Court A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with constitutional law. Its main author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maha Vajiralongkorn
Vajiralongkorn ( th, วชิราลงกรณ; , ; born 28 July 1952) is the King of Thailand. He is the only son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit. In 1972, at the age of 20, he was made crown prince by his father. After his father's death on 13 October 2016, he was expected to ascend to the throne of Thailand but asked for time to mourn before taking the throne. He accepted the throne on the night of 1 December 2016. His coronation took place from 4–6 May 2019. The Thai government retroactively declared his reign to have begun on 13 October 2016, upon his father's death. As the tenth monarch of the Chakri dynasty, he is also styled as Rama X. Aged 64 at that time, Vajiralongkorn became the oldest Thai monarch to ascend to the throne. He is the wealthiest monarch in the world, with a net worth estimated to be between and . Early life and education Vajiralongkorn was born on 28 July 1952 at 17:45 in the Amphorn Sathan Residential Hall of the Dusit Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Thai Coup D'état
On 22 May 2014, the Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Commander of the Royal Thai Army (RTA), launched a coup d'état, the 12th since the country's first coup in 1932, against the caretaker government of Thailand, following six months of political crisis. The military established a junta called the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to govern the nation. The coup ended the political conflict between the military-led regime and democratic power, which was still going on from 2006 Thai coup d'état known as the unfinished coup. 7 years later, it has developed into 2020 Thai protests to reform the monarchy of Thailand. After dissolving the government and the Senate, the NCPO vested executive and legislative powers in its leader and ordered the judicial branch to operate under its directives. In addition, it partially repealed the 2007 constitution, save the second chapter which concerns the king, declared martial law and curfew nationwide, ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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