Orapin Chaiyakan ( th, อรพินท์ ไชยกาล) (born May 6, 1904) was a Thai

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. She was born in Ubon Ratchathani, studied education in Bangkok, and served as headteacher of Narinukun School from 1924 to 1940. She was the first woman to be elected to hold a post in the

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. Specifically, she was elected to become a member of the

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on June 5, 1949.Sopchokchai, Orapin
Female Members of Parliament, Women's Political Participation at the National Level
, Women's Political Participation in Thailand, TDRI Quarterly Review, Vol. 13, No. 4, December 1998, pp. 11-20Iwanaga, Kazuki
Women in Politics in Thailand
, Working Paper No. 14, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden, 2005 She was elected as a representative for Ubon Ratchathani Province.''Statistical Booklet on Thai Women and Men'', page iv, National Statistical Office, Office of the Prime Minister, 1995 She was a member of the Democrat Party.

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Orapin Chaiyakan Orapin Chaiyakan ( th, อรพินท์ ไชยกาล) (born May 6, 1904) was a Thailand, Thai politician and teacher. She was born in Ubon Ratchathani, studied education in Bangkok, and served as headteacher of Narinukun School from 19 ...

20th-century women politicians

1904 births 1996 deaths

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