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Pita Limjaroenrat
(พิธา ลิ้มเจริญรัตน์)

Pita Limjaroenrat<br>(พิธา ลิ้มเจริญรัตน์)

  • Prime Minister candidate of Move Forward (ก้าวไกล), the top political party in 2023 election
  • Proponent of rule-based international order

Place of Birth: Bangkok

Date of Birth: Fri Sep 05, 1980

Age: 44

Family Background:

Born to Mr. Pongsak Limjaroenrat (former adviser to the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives) and Mrs. Linda Limjaroenrat.

Education:

  • Primary school: Bangkok Christian College
  • Secondary school: Hamilton, New Zealand
  • 2002 BA Finance with first-class honors, Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy, Thammasat University
  • 2011 MA Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University and MA Business Administration, Sloan School of Management of Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Career:

  • Managing director of CEO Agrifood Co., Ltd.

  • 2017-18 Director of Grab Thailand
  • 2019 Joined as a member of Future Forward Party (พรรคอนาคตใหม่)
  • 2019 Member of the Parliament from Bangkok
  • 2020 Party Leader of Move Forward Party (พรรคก้าวไกล)
  • 2023 Candidate for Prime Minister of Move Forward Party in the 2023 general election

Marital Status:

  • 2019 Divorced Ms. Chutima Teepanart. Became Single dad of the daughter, Pipim.