Pheu Thai Party
Pheu Thai Party พรรคเพื่อไทย | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | PTP (common) PT (official) |
| Leader | Paetongtarn Shinawatra |
| Secretary-General | Sorawong Thienthong |
| Spokesperson | Danuporn Punnakant |
| Founder | Thaksin Shinawatra |
| Founded | 20 September 2007 |
| Preceded by | People's Power Party (de facto) |
| Headquarters | 1770 OAI Bld. New Petchburi Rd. Bangkapi, Huai Khwang, Bangkok |
| Think tank | CARE Pheu Thai Academy |
| Youth wing | Pheu Thai Institute of Youth |
| Membership (2024) | 31,734 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Red and Blue |
| Slogan | ขอคิดใหม่ ทำใหม่ เพื่อไทยทุกคน... อีกครั้ง ('Let us rethink and redo for all Thais... again) |
| House of Representatives | 142 / 500 |
| Bangkok Metropolitan Council | 28 / 50 |
| PAO Chief Executives (including party affiliates) | 26 / 76 |
| Website | |
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The Pheu Thai Party (PT or PTP; Thai: พรรคเพื่อไทย, lit. 'For Thais Party') is a major conservative populist 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 the currently 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.
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.