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| {{Infobox Political party | |||
| |country = Thailand | |||
| |name_english = Pheu Thai Party | |||
| |name_native = พรรคเพื่อไทย | |||
| |logo = ] | |||
| |colorcode = red | |||
| |leader = Jarupong Ruangsuwan | |||
| |secretary_general = Phumtham Wechayachai | |||
| |spokesperson = Prompong Nopparith | |||
| |leader2_title = Prime minister | |||
| |leader2_name = ] | |||
| |foundation = 20 September 2008 | |||
| |predecessor = ] | |||
| |dissolution = | |||
| |slogan = {{lang|th|ขอคิดใหม่ ทำใหม่ เพื่อไทยทุกคน... อีกครั้ง}}<p> "Let us rethink and redo for all Thais...Again"<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ptp.or.th/about/logo.aspx|title=Pheu Thai Party Website Logo and Motto page in Thai|accessdate=22 December 2011}}</ref> | |||
| |headquarters = 1770 OAI Bld. New Petchburi Rd. Bangkapi, Huaykwang, Bangkok, Thailand | |||
| |youth_wing = | |||
| |membership_year = | |||
| |membership = | |||
| |ideology = ] | |||
| |national = | |||
| |international = | |||
| |seats1_title = ] | |||
| |seats1 = {{Infobox political party/seats|262|500|hex=red}} | |||
| |colors = ] and Dark ] | |||
| |website = http://www.ptp.or.th | |||
| |footnotes = | |||
| }} | |||
| The '''Pheu Thai Party'''<ref>{{cite journal |date=9 November 2007|title=ประกาศนายทะเบียนพรรคการเมือง เรื่อง รับจดแจ้งการจัดตั้งพรรคเพื่อไทย|trans_title=Political parties registrar announcement Re: Pheu Thai Party establishment register accepted |journal=Royal Thai Government Gazette |volume=124 |issue=special part 174 D |page=23 |language=Thai |format=pdf |accessdate=24 August 2011 |url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2550/E/174/1.PDF }}</ref> ('''PTP''') ({{lang-th|พรรคเพื่อไทย}}; {{RTGS|Phak Phuea Thai}}; {{IPA-th|pʰák pʰɯ̂a tʰāj|pron}}; ''For Thais Party'') is the third incarnation of a ] originally founded by former prime minister ]. The Pheu Thai Party was founded on 20 September 2008, as an anticipated replacement for the ] (PPP), which ] dissolved less than three months later after finding party members guilty of electoral fraud. The People's Power Party was itself a replacement for Thaksin's original ] (TRT) party which the Constitutional Court dissolved in May 2007 for violation of electoral laws.<ref>{{cite news |title=Historical rulings unfold |url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/05/30/headlines/headlines_30035565.php |location=Bangkok |newspaper=The Nation (Thailand)|date=30 May 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Constitutional Tribunal disbands Thai Rak Thai |url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/05/30/headlines/headlines_30035646.php |location=Bangkok |newspaper=The Nation (Thailand)|date=30 May 2007 }}</ref> | |||
| this party will be close soon because of corruption | |||
| ==Foundation and Opposition years (2008-2011)== | |||
| The PPP was dissolved by the ] on 2 December 2008. On 3 December 2008, the majority of the former PPP MPs defected to the Pheu Thai Party. In a PTP general assembly, the first executive commission was elected on 7 December 2008.<ref name="nationmultimedia1">{{cite news |title=Puea Thai Party to elect leader on Sunday |url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/Puea-Thai-Party-to-elect-leader-on-Sunday-30090122.html |location=Bangkok |newspaper=The Nation (Thailand)|date=3 December 2008 }}</ref> Candidates for the party's leader were: ], ], former Vice President of the ], former health minister ] and former industry minister Mingkwan Saengsuwan.<ref name="nationmultimedia1"/> Yongyuth Wichaidit was elected as the party's leader.<ref name="nationmultimedia1"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Yongyuth becomes new Pheu Thai leader |url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/12/07/politics/politics_30090371.php |location=Bangkok |newspaper=The Nation (Thailand)|date=8 December 2008 }}</ref> | |||
| In a December 2008 parliamentary session MPs of five PPP coalition parties decided to endorse ] as the next prime minister and themselves forming a ]-led coalition. The PTP campaigned for their endorsement by the PPP-coalition parties. However, Abhisit had gained their support for the premiership.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pheu Thai in desperate bid for power |url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/12/08/politics/politics_30090398.php |newspaper=The Nation (Thailand)|date=8 December 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Thai opposition 'set for power' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7774676.stm |date=10 December 2008 |agency=BBC News}}</ref> After that, the party called for a national unity government in which all parties would be involved, with ] of the ] as the new premier. This proposal was rejected by the defecting coalition parties and the Democrat Party.<ref>{{cite news |first=Naya |last=Jaikawang |title=Pheu Thai now calling for a national govt |url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/12/10/politics/politics_30090621.php |location=Bangkok |newspaper=The Nation (Thailand) |date=10 December 2008 }}</ref> On 11 December, Worrawat Eua-apinyakul, then MP for ] from PTP, suggested that the party should push for a house dissolution and general elections, with the hope of depriving the prospective coalition of a parliamentary majority. However, The President of the House of Representatives; ] spoke against the plan.<ref>{{cite news |title=We may dissolve the House : Pheu Thai |url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/12/11/politics/politics_30090681.php |location=Bangkok |newspaper=The Nation (Thailand) |date=11 December 2008 }}</ref> | |||
| On 15 December 2008, the party elected Pracha Promnok as the party's candidate for prime minister and has since been in opposition to prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's ]. As an opposition, the party received a rating of 3.75 out of 10 by a majority of respondents in a nationwide survey conducted on 24 and 25 December 2010, by ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/213187/govt-gets-4-61-for-its-achievement |title=Poll gives government low marks |work=Bangkok Post |date=26 December 2010 |accessdate=31 May 2011}}</ref> | |||
| In early May 2011, Jarupong Ruangsuwan was named new Secretary general of the party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/05/03/national/Jarupong-named-Pheu-Thai-sec-gen-30154468.html |title=Jarupong named Pheu Thai sec gen |work=The Nation |date=3 May 2011 |accessdate=31 May 2011}}</ref> | |||
| ==Pheu Thai in Government== | |||
| In ], Pheu Thai Party contested for the first time since its foundation. On 16 May Thaksin's youngest sister ] was nominated head of PTP's ] and contender of prime minister Abhisit. One of her main issues in campaign was national reconciliation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hengkietisak |first=Kamol |url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/239333/yingluck-unveils-pheu-thai-model-of-reconciliation |title=Yingluck unveils Pheu Thai's model of reconciliation |work=Bangkok Post |date=28 May 2011 }}</ref> The election was expected to be a neck-and-neck between Pheu Thai and the ruling Democrats. Unexpectedly, the party won 265 of 500 seats in the House of Representatives on 3 July. Prime Minister ] acknowledged Pheu Thai's success in the election, and congratulated Yingluck Shinawatra as Thailand's first ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/07/03/thailand.election/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 |title=Thai prime minister concedes, congratulates first female premier |publisher=CNN |date=3 July 2011 |accessdate=3 July 2011}}</ref> Despite its absolute majority, the winning party announced to form a coalition government with five minor parties. On 5 August, Yingluck was elected prime minister with 296 votes in favour. The election was approved and Yingluck was formally appointed by the king on 8 August.<ref>]</ref> | |||
| ==Pheu Thai Prime Ministers== | |||
| {| class="sortable wikitable" | |||
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| ! ] | |||
| ! ] | |||
| ! Periods in Office | |||
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| | ] | |||
| | ] | |||
| | ] | |||
| |} | |||
| ==General election results== | |||
| {| class="wikitable" | |||
| |- | |||
| ! Election | |||
| ! Total seats won | |||
| ! Total votes | |||
| ! Share of votes | |||
| ! Outcome of election | |||
| ! Election leader | |||
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| !] | |||
| | {{Composition bar|265|500|hex={{Pheu Thai Party/meta/color}}}} | |||
| | 15,744,190 | |||
| | 48.41% | |||
| | {{increase}}76 seats; '''Governing coaltion''' {{small|(PTP-]-]-]-]-])}} | |||
| | ] | |||
| |} | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{reflist}} | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| * | |||
| * , Q&A with Catharin Dalpino (July 2011) | |||
| * | |||
| {{Thai political parties}} | |||
| ] | ] | ||
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