The Bhumjaithai Party, abbreviated BJT and also known as the Phumchai Thai Party and the Thai Pride Party, is a political party of Thailand, a constitutional monarchy. At the House of Representatives election of 14 May 2023 it won 71 of the 500 seats, behind Move Forward with 151 and Pheu Thai with 141. The Factbook archive lists Anutin Charnvirakul as Prime Minister since 5 September 2025 and notes that the House of Representatives was dissolved on 12 December 2025.
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Source Anutin Charnvirakul (Wikipedia)
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1. Bhumjaithai Party (CIA World Factbook archive, Thailand)
Government: parties
Move Forward (151); Pheu Thai (141); Bhumjaithai (71); Palang Pracharath (40); United Thai Nation (36); Democrat Party (25); Other (36)
In Group: Parties of Parliamentary Systems and Constitutional Monarchies, Government: government type
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Established in November 2008, the party consisted mostly of politicians and ex-MPs from Thaksin’s proxy People Power Party, which had been dissolved by court order in December that year.
Anutin Charnvirakul (Wikipedia)
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Anutin Charnvirakul (born 13 September 1966) is a Thai politician and businessman who has served as the 32nd prime minister of Thailand since September 2025. He has also been the leader of the Bhumjaithai Party since 2012 and a member of the House of Representatives since 2019.
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