Key facts
- Abbreviation
- PTP (common) PT (official)
- Leader
- Julapun Amornvivat
- Secretary general
- Prasert Jantararuangtong
- Spokesperson
- Suksit Srichomkwan
- Founder
- Thaksin Shinawatra
- Founded
- 20 September 2007 ; 18 years ago ( 2007-09-20 )
- Preceded by
- People's Power Party , ( de facto )
- Headquarters
- 197 BBD building, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road , Sam Sen Nai subdistrict, Phaya Thai district, Bangkok
- Think tank
- CARE , Pheu Thai Academy
- Youth wing
- Pheu Thai Institute of Youth
- Membership 2024
- 31,734
- Ideology
- Liberal conservatism Economic liberalism Thaksinomics Populism
- Political position
- Centre-right
- Colours
- Red and Blue
- Slogan
- หัวใจคือประชาชน , (The people are our heart.)
- House of representatives
- 74 / 500
- Bangkok metropolitan council
- 22 / 50
- Pao chief executives including party aff
- 26 / 76
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- political party
- Official name
- พรรคเพื่อไทย
- Country
- Thailand
- Headquarters
- Bangkok
- Follows
- People's Power Party
- Official website
- ptp.or.th
- Image
- Bangkok Pride 2022 (2022-06-05) - img 04.jpg
- Political ideology
- economic liberalism
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- inception
- 2007-09-20
- political alignment
- big tent
- member count
- 124780
- member category
- Category:Pheu Thai Party politicians
- sRGB color hex triplet
- DA3731
- short name
- พท
- Commons category
- Pheu Thai Party
- social media followers
- 290000
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Encyclopedic overview
The Pheu Thai Party (PTP or PT; /ˌpʌˈtaɪ/ PUH TY; Thai: พรรคเพื่อไทย, RTGS: Phak Phuea Thai [pʰǎk pʰɯ̂a tʰāj], lit. 'For Thais Party') is a major populist, liberal conservative political party in Thailand. It is the third incarnation of the Thai Rak Thai Party, a political party founded by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 1998. Like the previous incarnations, Pheu Thai is the main political vehicle for the Shinawatra family. It is currently the second largest party in the House of Representatives and has been in government as the majority leader in the ruling coalition since 2023.
The Pheu Thai Party was founded on 20 September 2007, 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pheu Thai Party” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.