Chaithawat Tulathon

Chaithawat Tulathon
ชัยธวัช ตุลาธน
Chaithawat in 2023
Leader of the Opposition
In office
17 December 2023 – 7 August 2024
Prime MinisterSrettha Thavisin
Preceded byCholnan Srikaew
Succeeded byNatthaphong Ruengpanyawut
Leader of the Move Forward Party
In office
23 September 2023[1] – 7 August 2024
Preceded byPita Limjaroenrat
Succeeded byNatthaphong Ruengpanyawut (People's Party; de facto)
Secretary-General of the Move Forward Party
In office
14 March 2020 – 23 September 2023
Preceded by
Succeeded byApichat Sirisunthon[1]
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
14 May 2023 – 7 August 2024
ConstituencyParty-list
Personal details
Born
Chaithawat Sae-Kou

(1978-10-15) 15 October 1978 (age 46)
Songkhla, Thailand
Political partyPeople's (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
Alma materChulalongkorn University (BEng)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • engineer
WebsiteCampaign website
NicknameTom (ต๋อม)[2][3]

Chaithawat Tulathon (Thai: ชัยธวัช ตุลาธน; born Chaithawat Sae-Kou, ชัยธวัช แซ่โค้ว, 15 October 1978) is a Thai former politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Move Forward Party from 2023 to 2024. A former member of the House of Representatives, he previously served as the party's secretary-general from 2020 to 2023.[4][5]

On 7 August 2024, Chaithawat was banned from politics along with other senior politicians for 10 years after a verdict from the Constitutional Court of Thailand.[6]

  1. ^ a b "ก้าวไกล เคาะ "ชัยธวัช" หัวหน้าพรรค "พิธา" นั่งที่ปรึกษา "อภิชาติ" เลขา-"ไอติม" โฆษก" (in Thai). Thairath. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  2. ^ "ประวัติ "ต๋อม ชัยธวัช ตุลาธน" หัวหน้าพรรคก้าวไกลคนใหม่ รับไม้ต่อ "พิธา" นำทัพฝ่ายค้าน" (in Thai). Thairath. September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Thailand's opposition Move Forward Party names new leader". Al Jazeera. September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Chaithawat voted new Move Forward leader". Thai PBS. September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  5. ^ treesukee, natthakan. "มาทำความรู้จัก! 'ชัยธวัช ตุลาธน' มือประสานสิบทิศจัดตั้งรัฐบาล 'ขงเบ้ง' แห่งพรรคก้าวไกล". เดลินิวส์ (in Thai). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  6. ^ Head, Jonathan (7 August 2024). "Thai court dissolves reformist party that won election". BBC News. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024.