Winai Senniam ( th, วินัย เสนเนียม; August 22, 1958 - October 20, 2009) was a Thai politician and parliamentarian who served in the House of Representatives of Thailand. Winai was a member of the Democrat Party of Thailand. Winai was the younger brother of the Deputy

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. He obtained a

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in law from

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. He also received a

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from the

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. He served as the deputy

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of Phayathai District Council from 1985 until 1989. He was first elected as an MP representing

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in southern Thailand beginning in 1992. He remained a Democratic member of parliament for Songkhla until his death in 2009. Winai died at 11am on October 20, 2009, at the National Cancer Institute in

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, at the age of 51. He had been battling liver and colon cancer for the last three years of his life.https://www.thairath.co.th/person/3909 Winai's body was moved on October 22, 2009 to the Kho Hong temple in

Hat Yai district Hat Yai ( th, หาดใหญ่, ) is a district ('' amphoe'') of Songkhla province, southern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Khuan Kalong of Satun province; Rattaphum, Bang Klam, Khuan Niang, S ...

for his funeral.

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