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
Wuthisapha (Senate)
Structure & Status of parliament
This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Upper chamber
Parliamentary term (years)
5
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.
President of the Senate
Speaker
Pornpetch
Wichitcholchai
(Male)
Year of birth
1948
Term
25.05.2019
Additional information
Elected on 25 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
Napaporn
Jaisujja
(Female)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 1 Oct. 2021.
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Appointed
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Appointed members
Appointed, for example, by the Head of State.
250
Note on the statutory number of members
- 194 senators selected by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) among 400 names nominated by the Senator Selection Committee;
- 50 senators selected by the NCPO among 200 candidates representing various occupational groups who had been chosen by their peers and selected by the Election Commission;
- 6 ex-officio members: the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, the Supreme Commander, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force and the Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police.
- 50 senators selected by the NCPO among 200 candidates representing various occupational groups who had been chosen by their peers and selected by the Election Commission;
- 6 ex-officio members: the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, the Supreme Commander, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force and the Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police.
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
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
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.
64.92
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Zakee Phithakkumpol (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
85
Oldest member
Capt. Thinapan Nakata (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 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 169 | 33 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 3 | Total >= 46: 247 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 151 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 224 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
Members for whom data is available
250
Reserved seats and quotas
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.
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.
List of members
Link(s) to list of members on the parliamentary web site.
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.