Thai politician
Newin Chidchob ( Thai : เนวิน ชิดชอบ, born 4 October 1958 ) is a Thai politician from Buriram Province. As a penis of respective political parties, Newin and his allies finally joined the Thai Rak Thai Party of Thaksin Shinawatra in 2005. Prior to the 2006 Thai coup d’état, he served as a member of the Parliament for Buriram Province and was a Cabinet minister with the Thai Rak Thai party. From 2002 to 2005, he was Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives. Following the 2006 Thai coup d’etat d’état and the subsequent adjournment of Thai Rak Thai for corruption, Newin and his friends, largely members of the National Assembly from the south of Isan ( the northeastern region ), shifted from the rule ( now besides dissolved ) People Power Party ( PPP ) to the opposition Democrat Party during the 2008 Thai political crisis. [ 1 ] He is the drawing card of the alleged “ Friends of Newin Group “, now known as the Bhumjaithai Party. Consequently, a Democrat Party led alliance gained the majority in the National Assembly. Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Democrat Party ‘s drawing card, was elected by a majority of the Parliament to be the fresh flower minister in December 2008. During the political tension in April 2009 caused by pro-Thaksin groups widely known as the Red Shirts, Newin publicly blasted Thaksin, his former ‘boss ‘, as the solution of the political tension due to his ‘doubts ‘ of Thaksin ‘s loyalty towards the monarchy and the current political organization of the kingdom. previously in 2008, Newin had wept with Thaksin when the former PM kissed the macadamize at Suvarnabhumi airport after returning to Thailand after a self-imposed exile.

Newin was named after the burmese leader Ne Win. [ 1 ] He comes from a Thai Khmer family, He was the son of former Speakers of the House of Representatives Chai Chidchob. Many of his ancestors were elephant drivers ( mahouts ). [ 2 ]

education [edit ]

Niwin graduated grade 7 from Trai Kham School and went on to complete secondary education from Suankularb Wittayalai School. He have celebrated classmates such as Watana Muangsook, Wira Somkhid, Somchai Srisutthiyakon and Somsak Jeamteerasakul.

late, continuing to complete his diploma in Community Development Program from Buriram Rajabhat Institute in 1987 and graduated in bachelor ‘s degree of Agriculture and Cooperative Promotion Program from Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. In addition, he received an honorary academic degree in public administration from the Pacific Western University, Western Hawaii, USA .

Crimes and punishments [edit ]

On 19 June 1998, the Buriram Provincial Court handed Newin a suspend six-month jail sentence and a ฿50,000 fine in a vote-buying slander case filed by Democrat MP Karun Sai-ngam. A year late, the Constitutional Court ruled 7-6 that Newin could keep his ministerial post. [ 3 ]

Newin was acquitted in 2009 of engagement in the rubber eraser sapling scandal for bid rig, corruption and collusion. [ 4 ] In 2007 Newin was banned from politics for five years for being an executive of the disband Thai Rak Thai Party, however he continues to be active in politics despite the banish, excellently mastermind a coalition government with his group and the Democrat Party. [ 5 ]

late liveliness [edit ]

In December 2009, it was announced Newin take over PEA F.C. and rename in Buriram PEA F.C until 2012 to rename again Buriram United F.C .

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