Charupong Ruangsuwan

Charupong Ruangsuwan ( Thai : จารุ พงศ์ เรือง สุวรรณ ; * August 15, 1946 in Bangkok ) is a Thai politician who was chairman of the Pheu-Thai party and interior minister between 2012 and 2014 .

Life

Degree and Government Official

Charupong Ruangsuwan is a son of the fighter of the Seri Thai movement in World War II and longtime MP Charubut Ruangsuwan , who was president of the National Assembly between 1983 and 1984 . After attending the Amnuay Silpa School , he began studying law at Thammasat University , which he completed with a Bachelor of Laws . A postgraduate course of management science at Chulalongkorn University , he finished with a Master of Public Administration and was also a graduate of the University of National Defense . During his professional career he was a civil servant in the provincial administrative authority and chief district officer in various counties ( amphoe ) in northwest and central Thailand. Later he moved to the administrative authority of the Bangkok Metropolitan Area BMA (Bangkok Metropolitan Administration) and was successively director of the urban district Bang Khen , deputy director of the city cleaning office, assistant to the permanent secretary of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, director of the municipal development office, director of the education authority and deputy permanent secretary of the BMA.

In 2002, Charupong Ruangsuwan returned to the state administration and was successively Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labor, and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice. At the same time, he was Chairman of the Board of Management of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) since 2003 , and Rector of Southeast Asia University between 2006 and 2010. He also served in the Voluntary Defense Corps, a paramilitary association of the Thai Armed Forces, and was most recently promoted to general . He was originally a member of the People's Power Party until its dissolution by the Constitutional Court on December 2, 2008.

Party leader and minister

In May 2011, Charupong Ruangsuwan became general secretary of the Pheu Thai Party . After the first reshuffle of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's cabinet , he took over from Sukampol Suwannathat as Minister of Transport and Communications on January 18, 2012 . After the chairman of the Pheu Thai party and interior minister Yongyuth Wichaidit had to resign on September 30, 2012 due to a corruption scandal, he became his successor in both offices on October 28, 2012. After the dissolution of the House of Representatives in December 2013, the Yingluck government only acted as a transitional government before it was overthrown in a military coup on May 22, 2014, with Prime Minister Yingluck being replaced by Niwatthamrong Boonsongphaisan on May 7, 2014 .

After the coup, the junta under General Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered all cabinet members to speak to all cabinet members at the headquarters of the military junta. Unlike other ministers, Charupong refused to do so and sought refuge in an unknown location in northeastern Thailand. For this reason, the interim ruling National Council for Peace and Order blocked its bank accounts and assets. On June 24, 2014, he announced the formation of the Free Thais Organization for Human Rights and Democracy (OFHD) to restore the government of the Thai people from the May 22, 2014 military coup. The founding date was also the 82nd anniversary of the Siamese Revolution of 1932 . The name Organization of the Free Thais for Human Rights and Democracy was based on the Seri Thai movement (เสรีไทย) of his father Charubut Ruangsuwan, which fought as an underground resistance movement during the Second World War against the rule of the Japanese Empire . As the acting general secretary of the OFHD, Charupong Ruangsuwan warned the Thais in a video published on YouTube on June 24, 2015 of the danger that Thailand would turn into a false state and described three goals of the OFHD: the abolition of the Privy Council, depoliticization, and democratization Normalization of the armed forces and depoliticization of the judiciary.

Web links

• Entry in prabook.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thailand: National Assembly Presidents (rulers.org)
2. ↑ CABINET YINGLUCK
3. ↑ Thailand: Interior Ministers (rulers.org)
4. ↑ Thailand: October 27, 2012 (rulers.org)

Note on Thai names : This article addresses people by their first name.