Somsak_Prissanananthakul
Somsak Prissanananthakul
Thai politician
Somsak Prissanananthakul (Thai: สมศักดิ์ ปริศนานันทกุล) (born April 27, 1951) is a Thai politician. He served as Minister of Education, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives,[1] and chief advisor of Chartthaipattana Party. In 2007 he criticized NRC members for focusing their campaign on removing Thaksin Shinawatra members.[2][3] In 2008 he vowed to fight gaming addiction and promised to reduce it by 70% within 90 days by using more than 1000 Royal Thai Police officials to police gaming shops in Bangkok.[4] In 2010 he was defeated by Thaksin Shinawatra in Thai General Elections.[5] On October 14, 2013, he chaired as a Deputy House Speaker and suggested Samak Sundaravej to think through about his ban on freedom of speech.[6] On March 26, 2014, he said that his country will be ready to join Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 100 days.[7]