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Giles Ji Ungpakorm | |
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ใจ อึ๊งภากรณ์ | |
| Chairman of Socialist Workers Thailand | |
| Assumed office 1998 | |
| President | Jaruwat Keyunvan (As Representative of the Chairman and General Secretary) |
| Deputy | Nakita Kertnark (As Vice-Chairman) |
| Preceded by | Thong Chaemsri (As General Secretary of Communist Party of Thailand) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 October 1953 (age 71) London, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Other political affiliations | Socialist Workers Thailand International Socialist Tendency |
| Alma mater | SOAS University of London University of London Chulalongkorn University |
| Occupation | Politician, Scholar, Political activist, Marxist, Lecturer, Professor |
| Nickname | ใจ (Ji) |
Associate Professor Giles Ji Ungpakorn (Thai: ใจ อึ๊งภากรณ์; RTGS: Chai Uengphakon, pronounced [tɕāj ʔɯ́ŋ.pʰāː.kɔ̄ːn]; born 25 October 1953) is a Thai-British academic, and Marxist political activist. He formerly worked as a teacher at Chulalongkorn University. He worked as an associate professor in the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, before he fled to the United Kingdom in 2009 after facing a lèse majesté charge in Thailand.