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Jul 07, 1949 Surat Thani, Thailand 74 years old
Thai politician
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About Suthep Thaugsuban
- Suthep Thaugsuban (Thai: ????? ???????????; RTGS: Suthep Thueaksuban, [sù.t?ê?p t??^?ak.sù.ban]) (born 7 July 1949) is a Thai former politician and former Member of Parliament for Surat Thani province.
- Until 2011, he was secretary-general of the Democrat Party and a deputy prime minister under Abhisit Vejjajiva.
- He resigned his seat in Parliament in November 2013 to become the self-appointed Secretary-general of the People's Democratic Reform Committee, which was conducting mass protests trying to unseat the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
- After the military coup of May 22, 2014, Suthep was temporarily detained and placed under arrest by the new junta.
- He was released after four days, retired from politics, and entered Buddhist monastichood from July 2014 to July 2015.
- Since, he became the leader of the Muan Maha Prachachon for Reform Foundation (the People’s Democratic Reform Foundation) that backed the junta sponsored Thai constitutional referendum, which had been put to a national referendum on 7 August 2016.
