1. Piyabutr Saengkanokkul 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.
10 Facts About Piyabutr Saengkanokkul
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Piyabutr Saengkanokkul has worked as a constitutional law professor for more than 16 years.
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Piyabutr Saengkanokkul was born on 23 October 1979 into a middle-class Thai Chinese family, the third of four children.
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Piyabutr Saengkanokkul graduated secondary school at Assumption College and studied for his bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, graduating with second class honors.
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Piyabutr Saengkanokkul received a scholarship from the French government to study for his master's and doctoral degrees.
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Piyabutr Saengkanokkul graduated with a master's degree in public law and environmental law from the University of Nantes and a PhD with Tres honorable avec felicitations honours from the University of Toulouse.
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Piyabutr Saengkanokkul became an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University.
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Piyabutr Saengkanokkul was a member of Nitirat, a group of Thammasat law professors who campaigned for various ideas considered radical in Thai politics, such as amending the country's lese majeste laws.
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Piyabutr Saengkanokkul resigned from his academic career at Thammasat University to create, with Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, the Future Forward Party, with an aim towards promoting democracy in Thailand and opposing the military junta.
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Piyabutr Saengkanokkul was banned from national politics after the Future Forward Party was dissolved by a Constitutional Court ruling on 21 February 2020, which said that the party was in violation of election laws regarding donations to political parties.