Pita Limjaroenrat is a Thai politician and businessman. He has one child, a daughter Pipim Limjaroenrat.
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He shares his daughter Pipim Limjaroenrat with his ex-wife Chutima Teepanat. He is now a single dad of seven-year-old Pipim.
Pita was a member of the House of Representatives who led the Move Forward Party, the de facto successor of the defunct Future Forward Party, from 14 March 2020 to 15 September 2023.
He led Move Forward to victory in the 2023 general election, capturing 151 seats. He stated ambitions to run for prime minister of Thailand, forming a coalition with other pro-democracy parties.
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However, he was defeated in the first round of parliamentary voting on July 13, 2023, by the military-appointed Senate.
Later same day, on July 19, the Constitutional Court suspended him from being a member of Parliament due to his ownership of shares in the defunct broadcaster ITV.
The National Assembly rejected Pita’s second candidature on the same day. Following a disagreement with its first coalition member, the Pheu Thai party, the Move Forward Party eventually joined the opposition.
Pita is still suspended and therefore unable to run for PM. Pita stepped down as Move Forward’s leader in September 2023.
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