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Shadow Cabinet Of Thailand
The Shadow Cabinet of Thailand ( th, คณะรัฐมนตรีเงา or รัฐบาลเงา) is an unofficial group of senior opposition party's spokespeople who form an alternative cabinet to the government. The shadow cabinet members shadow or mark each individual member of the government. Although the Leader of the Opposition is an officially appointed position, the shadow cabinet currently bears no legal status. , shadow cabinets have only been formed twice, both times by the Democrat Party. After the People's Power Party's victory in the 2007 general election, the Democrat Party became the sole official opposition party. Abhisit Vejjajiva, leader of the Democrat Party, expressed his intention to set up a shadow cabinet to track the new administration's performance, to propose better solutions, and to provide the Democrat's standpoint on each government decision. The shadow cabinet line-up was announced on February 8, 2008 after the Samak's administration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet Of Thailand
The cabinet of Thailand or, formally, the Council of Ministers of Thailand ( th, คณะรัฐมนตรี; is a body composed of thirty-five of the most senior members of the government of the Kingdom of Thailand. The cabinet is the primary organ of the executive branch of the Thai government. Members of the cabinet are nominated by the prime minister and formally appointed by the King of Thailand. Most members are governmental department heads with the title of "minister of state" ( th, รัฐมนตรี; . The cabinet is chaired by the Prime Minister of Thailand. The cabinet is often collectively called "the government" or "the Royal Thai Government". History Prior to the Revolution of 1932, the absolutist Chakri kings ruled Siam through a series of "krom" ( th, กรม) and "senabodi" ( th, เสนาบดี). On 15 April 1874 King Chulalongkorn founded the King's Privy Council ( th, สภาที่ปรึกษาในพระองค์ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thepthai Senapong
Thepthai Senapong ( th, เทพไท เสนพงศ์; ; nickname: Kuk; RTGS: คึก Khuek) is a Thai Democrat Party politician who former representative Nakhon Si Thammarat in the House of Representatives. He graduated from Faculty of Law, Ramkhamhaeng University, and a master's degree from National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA). He is Thai Hainanese Chinese descent and Tunisian descent from his grandfather. While being a student at Ramkhamhaeng University, Senaphong used to be an unlicensed taxi driver for unearned income. He became the first MP from the 2005 general election and has since been MP since 2005. In 2009 he previously served as private spokesman for Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Between 2012 and 2014 and some of the mid-2016 he was a TV presenter for politics talk show ''Sai Lor Fah'' (สายล่อฟ้า; lit: "lightning rod"), a TV program on BLUESKY Channel (currently Fahwonmai) on Mondays to Fridays at 07:00 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suthep Thaugsuban
Suthep Thaugsuban ( th, สุเทพ เทือกสุบรรณ; , ) (born 7 July 1949) is a Thai former politician and former Member of Parliament for Surat Thani province. Until 2011, he was secretary-general of the Democrat Party and a deputy prime minister under Abhisit Vejjajiva. He resigned his seat in Parliament in November 2013 to become the self-appointed Secretary-general of the People's Democratic Reform Committee, which was conducting mass protests trying to unseat the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. After the military coup of May 22, 2014, Suthep was temporarily detained and placed under arrest by the new junta. He was released after four days, retired from politics, and entered Buddhist monastichood from July 2014 to July 2015. Since, he became the leader of the Muan Maha Prachachon for Reform Foundation (the People’s Democratic Reform Foundation) that backed the junta sponsored Thai constitutional referendum, which had been put to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
