Country: | Thailand |
Rak Thailand Party | |
Native Name: | พรรครักประเทศไทย Love Thailand Party |
Leader: | Surapon Vejchakorn |
Secretary General: | Suphatsara Narayam |
Foundation: | 18 February 2010 |
Dissolution: | 11 April 2019 |
Headquarters: | Khlong Toei, Bangkok, Thailand |
Ideology: | Conservative liberalism[1] Nationalism |
Website: | http://www.chuvitonline.com |
Position: | Centre-right |
The Rak Thailand Party (Thai: พรรครักประเทศไทย, Phak Rak Prathet Thai, English: Love Thailand Party) was a political party in Thailand. It was founded in 2011, by Chuwit Kamolvisit, a major massage parlor owner.
In campaign for the 2011 general election, the party was noted for its anti-corruption and protest canvass, presenting leader Chuwit as the "Angry Man". Eventually and to Chuwit's own surprise, the party won 3.07% of the party-list votes and could occupy four of the 500 seats in the House of Representatives. The party's MPs sat on the opposition benches, together with their colleagues, the Democrats.[2] [3] The Election Commission dissolved the party on 11 April 2019.[4]