Jurin Laksanawisit ( zh, 林明利, , born 15 March 1956) is a Thai Democrat Party politician. He was former Minister of Public Health and Minister of Education during

Abhisit Vejjajiva Abhisit Vejjajiva (; , , ; born 3 August 1964) is a Thai politician who was the 27th prime minister of Thailand from 2008 to 2011. He was the leader of the Democrat Party from 2005 until he resigned following the party's weak performance in t ...

premiership along with member of the House of Representatives for eleven times.

Early life and family

Jurin was born in Thai Mueang District, Phang Nga Province in

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family background (not

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). He began to study at the elementary level from Sirirat Wittaya School and continuing education at secondary level at

Suankularb Wittayalai School Suankularb Wittayalai School (โรงเรียนสวนกุหลาบวิทยาลัย; Abbreviation: ส.ก. / S.K.) (also known as Suankularb College) literally ''Rose Garden College'' is an all-boys secondary school for g ...

, then Bachelor's degree at Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University and master's degree for Public Administration from

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Political career

In the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, he received the position of Minister of Education in the 59th Council of Ministers, which from the public opinion poll by ABAC Poll regarding the government's performance in the past year, it was found that his work was 15 years of free education, with a score of 7.28 points from the full score of 10 it is considered a satisfactory level of government. From the case of resignation of Wittaya Kaewpharadai, Minister of Public Health make the Democratic Party Executive Committee resolved to allow him moved to a position Minister of Public Health instead the results of the public opinion survey in 2010 also found that he received the highest satisfaction rating from the Minister in the government with a score of 6.02 from the full score of 10. In 2019, he was elected leader of the Democrat Party, succeeding

, who resigned following the party's poor performance in the

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. He had previously been the deputy leader of the Democrat Party since 2003 for 16 years. Jurin resigned as party leader after the 2023 general election, in which the Democrats again did poorly.

Personal life

When he was a student he was a writer in political cartoon using the pen name "UDDA" is the nickname that is often referred to today. In addition, he also a writer with a works of travel books in the

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Publishing Group, named "UDDA, holding a pen to travel" and was a former reporter for Matichon Newspaper.

Royal decorations

Jurin has received the following royal decorations in the

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of Thailand: * Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of The Most Noble

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* Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted

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References

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