The Progressive Party or Progress Party ( th, พรรคก้าวหน้า; ) was the first

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

(in the modern sense) in

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

. It was formed by royalists and was active from 1945 to 1946 before it merged into the Democrat Party.

History

The Progressive Party was founded in 1945 by

Kukrit Pramoj Mom Rajawongse Kukrit Pramoj ( th, คึกฤทธิ์ ปราโมช, , ; 20 April 1911 – 9 October 1995) was a Thai politician, scholar and professor. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand 1973–1974. He was t ...

along with Suwitt Pansed, Sor Sethabud, Boontheng Thongsawat. The founders were opposed to the ''

Khana Ratsadon The People's Party, known in Thai as Khana Ratsadon ( th, คณะราษฎร, ), was a Siamese group of military and civil officers, and later a political party, which staged a bloodless revolution against King Prajadhipok's government a ...

'' ("People's Party") that had ruled the country since the Siamese revolution of 1932. Many royalist intellectuals, former political prisoners and veterans of the 1933 Boworadet rebellion joined the party. In 1946, the Progressive Party merged into the Democrat Party.หม่อมราชวงศ์เสนีย์ ปราโมช. ชีวลิขิต. กรุงเทพฯ : พรรคประชาธิปัตย์, 2548. 216 หน้า. {{ISBN, 9749353501

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