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Pita Limjaroenrat
Pita Limjaroenrat, nicknamed Tim, is a Thai businessman and former politician who served as Leader of the Move Forward Party, the de facto successor to the dissolved Future Forward Party, from 2020 to 2023, and then as the advisory chair of the party from 2023 to 2024. He was also a member of the House of Representatives from 2019 to 2024.
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Born 5 September 1980 · Q85998709
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2026· 4 entries
“the promotion of fundamental rights will be the guiding star of Thai foreign policy”
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“It was the greatest honor in my life to have the opportunity to serve my country and its people as a politician. It will be a memory I will never forget. Thank you.”
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“proportionality of [the] law between protection of the monarchy as well as freedom of speech”
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2024· 6 entries
Winnipeg Free Press: Thai court says popular politician Pita Limjaroenrat didn’t violate law, can remain a lawmaker
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San Diego Union-Tribune: Thai court rules that Pita Limjaroenrat, whose party won last year’s election, didn’t violate law, can remain a lawmaker
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“My favorite leader in the world who I look up to is Jacinda Ardern,”
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Believing it was one of the few things Move Forward and Pheu Thai agreed on
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Compared their alliance with military-backed parties as 'two tigers in a cave'
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The Washington Post referred to Pita as “arguably Thailand's most popular politician”
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2023· 8 entries
Election won: 2023 general election.
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scmp.com: Thailand’s Pita Limjaroenrat resigns as Move Forward Party’s leader, to remain involved in MFP
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Yahoo: Thai election winner Pita Limjaroenrat blocked from becoming prime minister
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CNBC: Thailand's royalists foiled Harvard grad Pita Limjaroenrat's first attempt at becoming prime minister. Here's what happens now
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Yahoo: Meet Pita Limjaroenrat, the 42-year-old Harvard grad who was once married to a TV actress — and now vows to become Thailand's next prime minister
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Campaign: 2023 general election.
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Career landmark: Member of the House of Representatives of Thailand (2023–2024).
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Reported net worth: $2.3M (as of 2023).
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2020· 1 entry
Pita was selected to lead the newly formed Move Forward Party
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2019· 3 entries
Career landmark: Member of the House of Representatives of Thailand (2019).
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And 2023 while holding stake in a media company
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Pita was approached by the pro-democracy Future Forward Party to be a party-list candidate for the 2019 general election
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2008· 1 entry
Was named as one of CLEO Thailand's "50 Most Eligible Bachelors"
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2007· 1 entry
And was removed from the Stock Exchange of Thailand in 2014
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2005· 1 entry
Took over his family's rice bran oil company and helped it gain its foothold
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2004· 1 entry
Worked for a policy team led by Suvit Maesincee, a future Minister of Higher Education, Science Research and Innovation
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2002· 1 entry
With first-class honors and received a scholarship to study at the University of Texas at Austin
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1980· 2 entries
Born 1980-09-05.
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“t forget.’ On 20 August 2023, Pita began campaigning for the Move Forward party in the run-up to the by-election in Constituency 3 of Rayong province, which was contested by the Move Forward, Democrat and Nation Building Labour party, following the resignation of the Move Forward MP elected there. MFP”
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