Pheu Thai Party

Pheu Thai Party
พรรคเพื่อไทย
AbbreviationPTP
LeaderPaetongtarn Shinawatra
Secretary-GeneralSorawong Thienthong
SpokespersonDanuporn Punnakant
FounderThaksin Shinawatra
Founded20 September 2007; 17 years ago (2007-09-20)
Preceded byPeople's Power Party (de facto)
Headquarters1770 OAI Bld. New Petchburi Rd. Bangkapi, Huai Khwang, Bangkok
Think tankCARE[1]
Pheu Thai Academy[2][3]
Youth wingPheu Thai Institute of Youth[4][5]
Membership (2024)38,293[6]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[20]
Colours  Red and   Blue
Sloganขอคิดใหม่ ทำใหม่ เพื่อไทยทุกคน... อีกครั้ง
('Let us rethink and redo for all Thais... again)[21][needs update]
House of Representatives
141 / 500
Bangkok Metropolitan Council
21 / 50
PAO Chiefs
11 / 76
Website
ptp.or.th

The Pheu Thai Party[22] (PTP; Thai: พรรคเพื่อไทย, lit. 'For Thais Party', RTGS: Phak Phuea Thai, pronounced [pʰák pʰɯ̂a tʰāj]) is a major Thai political party. It is the third incarnation of a Thai political party founded by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and like the previous incarnations, is the main political vehicle for the Shinawatra family. It is the current majority ruling party of Thailand, ruling along with other parties in a coalition.

The Pheu Thai Party was founded on 20 September 2007,[23] as an anticipated replacement for the People's Power Party (PPP), which the Constitutional Court of Thailand dissolved less than three months later after finding party members guilty of electoral fraud. The People's Power Party was itself a replacement for Thaksin's original Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT), dissolved by the Court in May 2007 for violation of electoral laws.[24][25]

As of 2023, the PTP has 66,833 members. The party is currently being led by Paetongtarn Shinawatra, businesswoman and daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The party tends to be more popular in the north and northeast of the country. It won 141 seats in the 2023 Thai general election, making it the party with the second largest number of seats in the Thai House of Representatives.

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