United Thai People's Party พรรคสหประชาไทย | |
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| Leader | Thanom Kittikachorn |
| Secretary-General | Dawee Chullasapya |
| Founded | 24 October 1968 |
| Dissolved | 19 November 1971 |
| Succeeded by | Social Justice Party Social Action Party (faction) |
| Headquarters | Bangkok |
United Thai People's Party (Thai:พรรคสหประชาไทย;RTGS: Phak Sahaprachathai) was apolitical party inThailand founded on 24 October 1968 was founded byThanom Kittikachorn andPraphas Charusathien to recruit parliamentary support for their military junta.[1][2][3]
In the1969 Thai general election United Thai People's Party won the most seats in election: 75 of 219 seats. The party was dissolved during theself-coup of Thanom Kittikachorn and Praphas Charusathien in November 1971 that brought a return to unrestricted military dictatorship.
After theOctober 1973 popular uprising that toppled the Thanom–Praphas regime, some of the more liberal former members of the United Thai People's Party joined theSocial Action Party, while former secretary-generalDawee Chullasapya and his deputyKris Sivara backed theSocial Justice Party.[4]
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