People's Party (Thailand, 2024)

People's Party
พรรคประชาชน
AbbreviationPP[1]
LeaderNatthaphong Ruengpanyawut[1]
Secretary-GeneralSarayut Jailak[1]
SpokespersonParit Wacharasindhu
Founded
  • 7 August 2012 (Thinkakhao Party)
  • 30 November 2018 (Thinkakhao Chaovilai Party)
  • 9 August 2024 (People's Party)
Legalised
  • 7 August 2012
  • 27 August 2024 (People's Party)
Preceded byMove Forward Party (de facto)
Headquarters167 Future Forward Building
Bang Kapi, Bangkok, Thailand
Think tankThink Forward Center[2]
Membership (2024)87,411
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left[14]
Regional affiliationNetwork of Social Democracy in Asia[15]
Colours  Orange
Sloganมาจากประชาชน เป็นของประชาชน ทำเพื่อประชาชน ('From the people, of the people, for the people')
House of Representatives
143 / 500
Bangkok Metropolitan Council
11 / 50
Website
www.peoplespartythailand.org

The People's Party (PP; Thai: พรรคประชาชน, RTGS: Phak Prachachon) is a social democratic and progressive political party in Thailand. It is the successor party of the former Move Forward Party[1][16] which was dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 7 August 2024.[17][18][19] Originally founded in 2012 as the Thinkakhao Party and later the Thinkakhao Chaovilai Party, it was renamed into the People's Party as a successor to the Move Forward Party on 9 August 2024. It is the third incarnation of the Future Forward Party, which was dissolved on 21 February 2020.[20]

It is currently the largest party and main opposition party in the House of Representatives.

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