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A Conversation with Thailand’s Opposition Leader: Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut

  • NYU Wagner - Lafayette Conference Room, Floor 2 105 East 17th Street New York, NY, 10003 United States (map)

Organizer: NYSEAN

Type/Location: In Person / New York, NY

Description:

Join NYSEAN and Princeton Thaigers for a talk by Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, a Thai politician and businessman who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the People's Party since 2024.

This event is open to the public, and registration is required. Lunch will be served. 

About the Speaker:

Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut is a Thai politician and businessman who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the People's Party since 2024. He has also been a Member of the House of Representatives since 2019. In 2020, Natthaphong joined the Move Forward Party after the Future Forward Party was dissolved by the Constitutional Court. In 2023, he was re-elected to the House of Representatives as a party-list MP in the general election. In April 2024, Natthaphong served on a Move Forward Party seminar for the digital wallet scheme proposed by then-Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, where Natthaphong raised doubts the readiness of the Tang Rat app. In August of the same year, the Constitutional Court dissolved the Move Forward Party and Natthaphong joined the People's Party and was chosen as party leader.

Registration:

To attend the event in person, please register here.

 
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