Pita Limjaroenrat Parents: Meet Pongsak Limjaroenrat, Linlada Limjaroenrat

Pita Limjaroenrat is a Thai politician and businessman. He is the son of Pongsak Limjaroenrat and Linlada Limjaroenrat.

His father Pongsak Limjaroenrat was a former adviser to the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives.

Pita started his career in business, first taking over the running of his late father’s rice bran oil company.

Two years later, the company regained its foothold, allowing Pita to return to the United States and complete his master’s degree in 2011.

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.

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.

The National Assembly rejected Pita’s second candidature on the same day.  Pita is still suspended and therefore unable to run for PM. Pita stepped down as Move Forward’s leader in September 2023.