Nattawut Saikua
Nattawut Saikua ( Thai ณั ฐ วุฒิ ใส ย เกื้อ, [ Natt ʰ Awut sǎi.kɯ ː a]; born June 4, 1975 in the province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand ) is a Thai politician. He is the Secretary-General and Speaker of the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship ( " Red Shirts "). He initiated the first red-shirt campaigns.
He became known by the demonstrations in the spring of 2010 in the capital Bangkok. In 2011 he was elected on the list of Pheu Thai party into parliament. Since January 18, 2012 he is a member of the cabinet of Yingluck Shinawatra, first as deputy agriculture minister, after a cabinet reshuffle in December 2012 as Deputy Minister of Commerce.
Family and Education
Nattawut was born in Tambon Sihon Amphoe Sichon, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. He is married to Sirisakul Saikua, with whom he has a son and a daughter. Jettanan Saikua is his older brother.
Nattawut, signed in 1998 a degree in communication science at the Thurakit Bandit University with a bachelor 's degree. Later he took the Master of Public and Private Management part - program of the National Institute of Development Administration ( NIDA ), graduating in 2005.
Speaker and television star
Nattawut has a reputation as a rousing speaker. Already as a student he participated with success in Debattierwettbewerben, including a performance at the sender MCOT third Later he worked as a speaker puller. Nattawut gained notoriety for his involvement with the television program Sapa Joke ( " Fool's Parliament " ) for private channel iTV. The show parodied the Thai Parliament and politics in general. Nattawut " synchronized " Trairong Suwankiri, the former deputy head of the Democratic Party.
Political career and activism
2001 Nattawut joined the Chart Pattana Party, but moved in 2005 to the party Thai Rak Thai (TRT ) of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Within the TRT, he founded a group with his friends and political allies Jatuporn and Veera Prompan Musikapong. After the fall of Thaksin and the arranged resolution of the TRT, Nattawut occurred in the 2007 elections to the People's Power Party. On 6 February 2008 he became deputy government spokesman of the government Samak Sundaravej and on October 7, 2008 Government spokesman Somchai Wongsawat government.
Is Nattawutt, together with Jatuporn and Veera, a leader of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD ), which is colloquially referred to as the movement of the " red shirts ". The UDD is a political movement, who decided against the coup in 2006 that overthrew Thaksin Shinawatra, the government, the transitional government appointed by the military and the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva committed and also bitterly protested. Nattawut and his friends played a role in starting the Thaksin - friendly TV station People's Television. They also facilitated the political talk show Truth Today. Nattawut helped organize the mass protests in 2009 and led, together with the other UDD leaders, the " red shirts " in the violent unrest in March to May 2010, which led to the overthrow by the military in April and May. Nattawut, Jatuporn and other red-shirt leaders surrendered to the police presented on 19 May 2010, in order to prevent further bloodshed by the brutal crackdown of the military. Nattawut Saikua was indicted for his involvement in the protests in Bangkok in 2010 with several other leaders of the movement for terrorism. On 22 February 2011 he was put on bail released.
In the 2011 general election Nattawut Saikua was chosen for the list of Pheu Thai Party, which also won the overall election to parliament. As Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra reshaped her Cabinet on 18 January 2011, Nattawut was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives.