Pareena Kraikupt
MWM PCh
ปารีณา ไกรคุปต์
Pareena in 2020
Member of the 25th House of Representatives[lower-alpha 1]
In office
29 March 2019 – 25 March 2022[1]
Personal details
Born (1976-05-19) 19 May 1976
Ratchaburi Province, Thailand
Other political
affiliations
SpouseUpakit Pachariyangkun (div.)
Children3
Parents
  • Thawee Kraikupt (father)
  • Siribangorn Kraikupt (mother)

Pareena Kraikupt (Thai: ปารีณา ไกรคุปต์, RTGS: Parina Kraikhup; born 19 May 1976) is a former Thai politician and Member of Parliament for Ratcha Buri Province. She was elected to the 25th House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Thailand as a Phalang Pracharat Party member. On 10 February 2021, she was suspended as a Member of Parliament for trespassing on national forest reserves.[2][3] Her MP status was replaced by her old rival, Chaithip Kamolpanthip, from the Democrat Party in the by-election shortly after.[4]

Early life and political career

Kraikupt was born in Ratchaburi Province on 19 May 1976.[5] She is daughter of Thawee and Siribangorn Kraikupt.[5] Her father served as a Member of Parliament for Ratcha Buri Province. She married Upakit Pachariyangkun,[5] and they have three children.[5] Her nickname is Ae (เอ๋).

She participated in the 2001 Miss Thailand pageant, where she earned a Miss Congeniality title.[6] She began her political career with the Thai Rak Thai Party in 2005 and contested the 2005 Thai general election and became elected.[6] After that, she left to join the Pheu Thai Party, and later joined with Phalang Pracharat Party from 2019 to 2022.

Criticism

She is often critical of actions adverse to her. In 2019, she called Pannika Wanich who is spokesperson of Future Forward Party with inappropriate wording.[7] The hashtag "#ปารีณาค้าอาวุธ" (Pareena was arms dealer) trended on Twitter in Thailand at that moment.[8]

On 5 October 2019, she posted in her Facebook account for referred about suicide of Khanakorn Pianchana.[9] In 2020, she opposed with Panadda Wongphoodee who is Miss Thailand in 2000,[10] which people are believed to distraction in attempted to participation with CPTPP by Thai government.[11]

On 10 February 2021, the Supreme Court accepted the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)’s lawsuit against her and she suspended the Member of Parliament from her duties on national forest reserves.[2][12][13]

Notes

  1. ↑ Suspended since 10 February 2021.

References

  1. ↑ "กกต.เผยขั้นตอนจัดเลือกตั้งซ่อมใน 45 วันหลังศาลฎีกาสั่ง "ปารีณา" พ้น ส.ส.". กรุงเทพธุรกิจ. 2022-04-10.
  2. 1 2 Ruling party MP Pareena suspended, set to face court on encroachment charges
  3. ↑ ป.ป.ช.ฟัน'เอ๋'ฝ่าฝืนจริยธรรมร้ายแรง 'บุกรุกป่า711ไร่'
  4. ↑ "Democrat candidate wins by-election in Ratchaburi province". Thai PBS. 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  5. 1 2 3 4 archive of Thaiswatch
  6. 1 2 ใครคือ “ปารีณา” ชาวเน็ตขุดประวัติ พบเป็นถึงอดีตนางงามมิตรภาพ เวทีนางสาวไทยปี 2544
  7. ↑ ส.ส. ราชบุรี โพสต์แจง ถึงกรณีไลฟ์สด ชี้ คำว่า ‘อีช่อ’ เป็นคำเรียกแถวบ้านถึงคนไม่อยู่ในระเบียบกฎเกณฑ์
  8. ↑ #ปารีณาค้าอาวุธ ขึ้นอันดับ 1 เทรนด์ทวิตเตอร์
  9. ↑ ปารีณา โพสต์ล่อเป้า อ้างมีคนจัดฉากยิงตัวตาย หวังทำลายความน่าเชื่อถือสถาบันศาล
  10. ↑ บุ๋ม ปนัดดา เผชิญหน้า เอ๋ ปารีณา ครั้งแรก เคลียร์ทุกประเด็นคาใจ (คลิป)
  11. ↑ ทวิตฯ เดือด "เอ๋ ปารีณา"ติดเทรนด์ ชาวเน็ตชี้ตัวเบี่ยงประเด็น
  12. ↑ Supreme Court orders Ratchaburi MP Pareena to stop performing duty as a legislator
  13. ↑ Pareena suspended from MP duty
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