Theera Wongsamut (; born 15 December 1948) is former minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of

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. He is also leader of the

Chartthaipattana Party The Chartthaipattana Party (CTPP; ) is a conservative Thai political party. It was founded on 18 April 2008 in anticipation of the 2 December 2008 Constitutional Court ruling which dissolved the Thai Nation Party and banned its executive members ...

until 2018.

Early life and education

Theera graduated high school from Pak Phanang School in

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and

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in Bangkok. After finishing high school he Studied a bachelor's degree in the engineering irrigation field from

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in 1970 and a master's degree in business administration from Kasetsart University.นายธีระ วงศ์สมุทร
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Party activity

He was elected leader of the Chartthaipattana Party on 19 March 2013. He replaced

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, who died on 21 January 2013.

Experiences

Theera Wongsamut had much experience before becoming Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives. He starts his career as Engineer in Construction Division, Royal Irrigation Department in 1971. Then he was appointed as Deputy Director-General of Irrigation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives in 1998. Until 2006 he was appointed as Deputy Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. Finally, he was Director-General of Royal Irrigation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. In the 2008

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and

Yingluck Shinawatra Yingluck Shinawatra (, , ; born 21 June 1967) is a Thai businesswoman, politician and a member of the Pheu Thai Party who was the 28th prime minister of Thailand from 2011 to 2014. Yingluck was Thailand's first female prime minister and its yo ...

government, he was appointed as Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.

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