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Jatuporn Prompan

October 5, 1965

Amphoe Ban Na San, Surat Thani Province

Jatuporn is married and has three daughters. In the May 1992 pro-democracy uprising after government troops secured the area around Phan Fa Bridge and the Democracy Monument, Jatuporn joined protest leaders in demonstrations at Ramkhamhaeng University, eventually resulting in military-backed Prime Minister Suchinda Kraprayoon"s resignation on 24 May 1992. After the dissolution of the Thai Rak Thai Party for vote buying, he ran as a candidate of the People"s Power Party in the 2007 parliamentary election. However, the Supreme Court ruled that the People"s Power Party was simply a proxy for the already banned TRT. Jatuporn moved to the Pheu Thai Party and retained his seat as an Member of Parliament and became one of the core leaders of the pro-Thaksin National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), commonly known as the "Red Shirts". Jatuporn, along with Nisit Sinthuprai, was jailed on terrorism charges for alleged involvement in the shooting of Army Major General "Seh Daeng" Khattiya Sawasdipol, after bail was denied on 12 May 2011. Jatuporn, number 8 on the Pheu Thai party list candidates, was unable to vote in the general election on 3 July. In November 2011, the Election Commission reconsidered its approval, forwarding the matter to the Constitutional Court. On 18 May 2012, the court ruled that Jatuporn was ineligible. He remains active in Red-Shirt affairs and on 16 March 2014 he was named their leader, replacing Thida Thavornseth.

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Background

Jatuporn was born in Amphoe Ban Na San, Surat Thani Province to Chuan Prompan and his wife Nuam Buakaew. Following his father"s death in 1977, he stayed at Bangkok"s Wat Bowonniwet temple, where his brother was then a Buddhist monk.

Education

He completed vocational school training in building construction, then volunteered to teach in a remote, mountainous area near Chiang Mai. He returned to Bangkok 3 years later and studied political science at open admission Ramkhamhaeng University, eventually graduating with a bachelor"s degree.

Career

Jatuporn is married and has three daughters. In the May 1992 pro-democracy uprising after government troops secured the area around Phan Fa Bridge and the Democracy Monument, Jatuporn joined protest leaders in demonstrations at Ramkhamhaeng University, eventually resulting in military-backed Prime Minister Suchinda Kraprayoon"s resignation on 24 May 1992. After the dissolution of the Thai Rak Thai Party for vote buying, he ran as a candidate of the People"s Power Party in the 2007 parliamentary election.

However, the Supreme Court ruled that the People"s Power Party was simply a proxy for the already banned TRT. Jatuporn moved to the Pheu Thai Party and retained his seat as an Member of Parliament and became one of the core leaders of the pro-Thaksin National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), commonly known as the "Red Shirts".

Jatuporn, along with Nisit Sinthuprai, was jailed on terrorism charges for alleged involvement in the shooting of Army Major General "Seh Daeng" Khattiya Sawasdipol, after bail was denied on 12 May 2011. Jatuporn, number 8 on the Pheu Thai party list candidates, was unable to vote in the general election on 3 July.

In November 2011, the Election Commission reconsidered its approval, forwarding the matter to the Constitutional Court. On 18 May 2012, the court ruled that Jatuporn was ineligible.

He remains active in Red-Shirt affairs and on 16 March 2014 he was named their leader, replacing Thida Thavornseth.

Politics

Jatuporn joined the Palang Dharma Party in 1996, but he defected to Thaksin Shinawatra"s new Thai Rak Thai Party two years later. Jatuporn led the Red-shirts in the massive 2010 Thai political protests that seized control of downtown Bangkok and culminated in violence in April and May. Jatuporn, Nattawut Saikua and other Red-Shirt leaders surrendered to police to prevent further bloodshed following the military crackdown on 19 May 2010.

However, when the House of Representatives was convoked, the Election Commission (European Commission) ignored this and endorsed Jatuporn"s status as a party list Member of Parliament, and he was released on bail on 2 August 2011.

Membership

He is one of the core leaders of the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts", and a former Member of Parliament of the Pheu Thai Party. This disqualified him from serving as a Member of Parliament.