Yuranunt Pamornmontri ( th, ยุรนันท์ ภมรมนตรี; , nicknamed ''Sam;'' born 2 January 1962) is a Thai actor and politician. He was born in

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...

and started his career as an actor, later becoming a member of the House of Representatives from 2005 to 2006, during

Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra ( th, ทักษิณ ชินวัตร; ; ; Chinese: 丘達新; cnr, Taksin Šinavatra; born 26 July 1949), is a Thai businessman, politician and visiting professor. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, ...

's term as

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. He was elected as

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MP again in the 2011 general election, substituting resigned Police Lieutenant General Chatt Kuldilok. His father is

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Prayoon Pamornmontri Lieutenant General Prayoon Pamornmontri ( th, ประยูร ภมรมนตรี) was a Thai soldier, politician, and member of ''Khana Ratsadon'' (People's Party). He participated in the Siamese Revolution of 1932 to promote democracy ...

(พลโทประยูร ภมรมนตรี), one of the members of

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 ...

, which successfully staged the Siamese revolution of 1932.

Political career

He entered

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in 2004 and moved to

Thai Rak Thai party The Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT; th, พรรคไทยรักไทย, , ; "Thais Love Thais Party") was a Thai political party founded in 1998. From 2001 to 2006, it was the ruling party under its founder, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawat ...

in the same year. After a landslide victory in 2005 general election, he became Member of Parliament and the deputy Government Spokesman but on 19 September 2006 a

military junta A military junta () is a government led by a committee of military leaders. The term ''junta'' means "meeting" or "committee" and originated in the national and local junta organized by the Spanish resistance to Napoleon's invasion of Spain in ...

overthrew Thaksin's government in a

bloodless coup A nonviolent revolution is a revolution conducted primarily by unarmed civilians using tactics of civil resistance, including various forms of nonviolent protest, to bring about the departure of governments seen as entrenched and authoritari ...

while he was abroad. The CNS-appointed constitutional tribunal dissolved the Thai Rak Thai party for electoral fraud, banning TRT's executives from politics for five years. Yuranan moved to People's Power Party (PPP) and lost the 2007 general election, but leader of PPP

Samak Sundaravej Samak Sundaravej ( th, สมัคร สุนทรเวช, , ; 13 June 1935 – 24 November 2009) was a Thai politician who briefly served as the Prime Minister of Thailand and Minister of Defense in 2008, as well as the leader of the Peo ...

, became the Prime Minister. Then he became the adviser of Minister of Education

Somchai Wongsawat Somchai Wongsawat ( th, สมชาย วงศ์สวัสดิ์, ; born 31 August 1947) is a Thai politician who was the prime minister of Thailand in 2008 and a former executive member of the People's Power Party (PPP) whose polit ...

who was the next Prime Minister. In January 2009, he moved to

Pheu Thai Party The Pheu Thai Party (PTP; th, พรรคเพื่อไทย, lit=For Thais Party, , ) is the third incarnation of a Thai political party founded by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The Pheu Thai Party was founded on 20 Septemb ...

and was defeated in the 15th Bangkok gubernatorial election by Sukhumbhand Paribatra.

Acting career

Films and television

TV dramas

TV series

TV sitcom

Host

* ''Jet See Concert'' * ''Tiang Wan Kan Ang'' * ''Loon Kam Roke'' * ''Ha Hai''

Discography

Songs

Theater organizer

All television drama work as a theatrical producer YUTTAKARN NETWORK COMPANY LIMITED * 2001 ไฟน้ำค้าง * 2002 คนเริงเมือง * 2002 ต้นรักดอกงิ้ว * 2002 สะใภ้ไฮโซ

References

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