Ubol Ratana
Princess Ubol Ratana (or Ubolratana ; pronunciation: [ ʔùʔbon rát ], full name: Thunkramom Ying Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi , Thai : ทูลกระหม่อม หญิง อุบล รัตน ราช กัญญา สิริ สิริ วัฒนา พรรณ วดี , RTGS : Ubon Rattanaratchakanya; * April 5, 1951 in Lausanne , Switzerland ) is the eldest daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand and his wife Queen Sirikit .
In 1967 Ubol Ratana took part in the sailing competition of the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand with an OK dinghy . She shared the gold medal with her father.
She studied biochemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she met her future husband, Peter Jensen. The two married in 1972. Due to her marriage to a commoner, she has lost the highest princess title Chao Fa and is no longer a member of the immediate royal family. She took the name Julie Jensen temporarily under American law . The couple had three children: Ploypailin (* 1981), Poom (* 1983) and Sirikitiya Mai (* 1985). Poom was autistic. He was killed in the seaquake in the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004 . After 26 years of marriage, Ubol Ratana and Jensen divorced in 1998. In 2001 she returned to Thailand permanently.
Since then, Ubol Ratana has worked as a film actress. She starred in the Thai films "Where The Miracle Happens" (Neung Jai Diaokan) from 2008, "My Best Bodyguard" from 2010 and "Together" (Wan Tee Rak) from 2012.
A dam and lake in Thailand was named after her, see Ubol Ratana Dam .
At the beginning of February 2019 it was announced that Ubol Ratana was planning to stand for the Thai Raksa Chart Party (successor organization to the Pheu Thai Party, which was excluded from elections ) as a candidate for the office of Prime Minister in the parliamentary elections planned for March 2019 and thus against the reigning General Prayut Chan-o-cha who came to power through a military coup . Her brother Maha Vajiralongkorn , the reigning king, forbade the candidacy and issued a corresponding decree, according to which her election as a candidate by the party was highly inappropriate , as it was tradition that the monarchy did not interfere in daily politics. The party then apologized and accepted the king's request. At the request of the electoral commission, the constitutional court banned the TRC in early March 2019 and imposed a ban on its board members from political activity for a period of ten years.
Web links
- Ubol Ratana in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ His Majesty is king of sports. In: Bangkok Post, December 5, 2013.
- ↑ A monarch who has done more than any other for sport. In: The Nation, December 5, 2012.
- ↑ Princess and junta leader run for parliamentary elections. Spiegel Online, February 8, 2008
- ^ "Thai king orders his sister Princess Ubolratana be removed from race to become prime minister" Independent.co.uk on February 9, 2019
- ↑ aev / dpa / Reuters: Thailand forbids a party - because they put the princess up for election. In: Spiegel Online . March 7, 2019, accessed May 15, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ubol Ratana |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | thai princess |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lausanne , Switzerland |