Piyabutr Saengkanokkul

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Piyabutr Saengkanokkul
ปิยบุตร แสงกนกกุล
Piyabutr Saengkanokkul in 2019
Member of Thai House of Representatives
In office 24 March 2019 – 21 February 2020
Personal details
Born	23 October 1979 (1979-10-23) (age 45) Bangkok, Thailand
Political party	None
Other political affiliations	Future Forward (2018–2020)
Spouse	Eugénie Mérieau ​ (m. 2016)​
Alma mater	Thammasat University University of Nantes Toulouse University (Ph.D.)
Occupation	Politician academic associate professor activist
^ a: Not an official member due to ban,[1] but assisted in election campaigns.[2]

Piyabutr Saengkanokkul (Thai: ปิยบุตร แสงกนกกุล, RTGS: Piyabut Saengkanokkun, Thai pronunciation: [pìyábùt sɛ̌ːŋkànòkkūn], born 23 October 1979^[3]) is a Thai academic, left wing activist, former politician, and Secretary-General of the Progressive Movement, a socio-political group. He served as a member of the Thai House of Representatives and was the first and only Secretary-General for the Future Forward Party, which he co-founded in 2018. Prior to his political career, Piyabutr was an associate professor at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University.^[4] He has worked as a constitutional law professor for more than 16 years. In 2020, he was banned from national politics by the Constitutional Court.