PGS Quiz 1: Thailand (Midterms)

2 kingdoms regarded as the beginning of Siam

(1) Sukhothai
(2) Ayutthaya

(1) This king granted economic and legal concessions to Great Britain and France
(2) This king initiated Thailand’s revolution from above

(1) King Mongkut (Rama IV)
(2) King Chulalongkorn (Rama V)

He was the king when during the 1932 coup

King Prajadhipok (Rama VII)

a wealthy telecommunication tycoon-turned politician who took advantage of the plight of the poor

thaksin shinawatra

the first name of thaksin’s first party

Thai Rak Thai (Thais Love Thais, or TRT)

successor to the TRT party in the 2007 elections

People’s Power Party (PPP)

thaksin’s third party who won in the 2011 election

Puea Thai Party (PTP)

thaksin’s sister who became the PM in 2011

Yingluck Shinawatra

the military junta under Gen. Prayuth Chan

Between 1932 and 2017, Thailand had (1)_____ constitutions, including (2)_____ interim constitutions, of which (3)_____ were suspended by military coups and (4)_____ were promulgated under authoritarian rule

(1) 20
(2) eight
(3) nine
(4) 19

In 1996 national assembly, the constitution was drafted by a body called?

constitutional drafting assembly (CDA)

composition: 76 provincial representatives and 23 legal and academic experts

the first constitution to declare itself as the supreme law of the land, binding and constraining all state organs

1997 constitution

4 constitutional watchdogs formed under the 1997 constitution

(1) constitutional court
(2) office of the ombudsman and an auditor general
(3) national human rights commission
(4) national anti-corruption commission

under the 2007 constitution designed by the military junta:

(1)_____ out of the 150 senators were to be appointed instead of elected

(1) 73

current king of thailand

maha vajiralongkorn (rama x)

this word means “thainess”

kwampenthai

these are laws punishing critics of the monarchy

up to 15 years imprisonment

lèse majesté laws