10 Facts About Noppadon Pattama

Noppadon Pattama is a member of Samak's People's Power Party.

Noppadon Pattama is a former legal adviser to Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed as prime minister by the September 2006 military coup.

Noppadon Pattama was elected as a Democrat Party Member of Parliament in 1996.

Noppadon Pattama was a member of the Parliament of Thailand's Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs from 1996, and when Chuan became prime minister in 1997 he became an influential figure.

Chuan's government was defeated at the 2001 election, and Noppadon Pattama was not re-elected to Parliament and returned to his law practice.

Noppadon Pattama's defection was engineered by Thaksin's Natural Resources and Environment minister, Yongyuth Tiyapairat, a former Democrat MP.

Noppadon Pattama maintains he defected for "ideological reasons" and not for personal gain.

Noppadon Pattama argued that Thaksin financed the purchase with "honest earnings" and that Thaksin was "not obliged" to declare funds held by his adult children, relatives and close associates.

In 2007 Noppadon Pattama became a member of Samak's new People's Power Party, which is generally regarded as the successor to Thai Rak Thai.

Noppadon Pattama was accused of violating Article 190 and 270 of the Constitution.