Thailand
About parliament
Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.
Parliament name
Rathhasapha (National Assembly)
Chamber name
Saphaphuthan Ratsadon (House of Representatives)
Structure & Status of parliament
This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Lower chamber
Parliamentary term (years)
4
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 1950 to 1972
from 1973
IPU Geopolitical Group/s
IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
Asia-Pacific Group
Speaker
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Speaker
Chuan
Leekpai
(Male)
Year of birth
1938
Term
25.05.2019
Additional information
Elected on 25 May 2019, appointed by the King on 31 May 2019.
Secretary General
Official title
This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Secretary General
Secretary General
Pornpith
Phetchareon
(Female)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 1 Oct. 2020.
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected members
Directly elected by citizens.
500
Note on the statutory number of members
Members appointed by royal decree.
The National Legislative Assembly is a transitional legislative body provided for by the provisional constitution (interim charter) gazetted on 22 July 2014.
The 2014 provisional constitution provided that the National Legislative Assembly would comprise not more than 220 members. Amendment (No.3) 2016 raised the statutory number of the Assembly members to 250.
See historical data for this field.
The National Legislative Assembly is a transitional legislative body provided for by the provisional constitution (interim charter) gazetted on 22 July 2014.
The 2014 provisional constitution provided that the National Legislative Assembly would comprise not more than 220 members. Amendment (No.3) 2016 raised the statutory number of the Assembly members to 250.
Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
Men
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Women
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Statutory number of members per country
As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
Population (in thousands)
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Age
Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Phetchompoo Kijburana (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
91
Oldest member
Chai Chidchob (Male)
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 12 | 71 | 49 | 51 | 163 | 119 | 31 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total <= 45: 132 | Total >= 46: 368 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 8 | 47 | 40 | 42 | 139 | 110 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 419 |
| Female | 0 | 4 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
Members for whom data is available
Reserved seats and quotas
There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups
Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Section 48 of the Organic Act on Political Parties prescribes that to run for an election, political parties need to prepare their lists of Party-List candidates by taking gender balance into consideration.
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
2017 Constitution, art. 90
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.
Constitution
Official links to the Constitution in English, French and/or original language is provided. Links to unofficial translations where no other source is available.