Somsak Prissanananthakul ( th, สมศักดิ์ ปริศนานันทกุล) (born April 27, 1951) is a Thai politician. He served as Minister of Education, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, and chief advisor of

Chartthaipattana Party The Chartthaipattana Party ( th, พรรคชาติไทยพัฒนา ''Phak Chat Thai Phatthana'', (CP) ''Thai Nation Development Party'') was founded on 18 April 2008, in anticipation of the 2 December 2008, Constitutional Court of ...

. In 2007 he criticized NRC members for focusing their campaign on removing

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members. In 2008 he vowed to fight gaming addiction and promised to reduce it by 70% within 90 days by using more than 1000

Royal Thai Police The Royal Thai Police (RTP) ( th, สำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติ; ) is the national police force of Thailand. The RTP employs between 210,700 and 230,000 officers, roughly 17 percent of all civil servants (excludi ...

officials to police gaming shops in

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. In 2010 he was defeated by Thaksin Shinawatra in Thai General Elections. On October 14, 2013, he chaired as a Deputy House Speaker and suggested

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to think through about his ban on freedom of speech. On March 26, 2014, he said that his country will be ready to join

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in 100 days.

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