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Thai schoolteacher; first woman to be elected to National Assembly (1949)
Orapin Chaiyakan |
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Born | (1904-05-06)6 May 1904
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Died | 1 January 1996(1996-01-01) (aged 91)
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Nationality | Thai |
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Known for | First woman elected to the Parliament of Thailand |
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Political party |
Democrat Party |
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Orapin Chaiyakan (
Thai: อรพินท์ ไชยกาล) (born May 6, 1904) was a Thai
politician and
teacher. She was born in Ubon Ratchathani, studied education in Bangkok,
[1] and served as headteacher of Narinukun School from 1924 to 1940. She was the first woman to be elected to hold a post in the
Parliament of Thailand.
[2]
[3] Specifically, she was elected to become a member of the
House of Representatives of Thailand on June 5, 1949.
[2]
[3] She was elected as a representative for
Ubon Ratchathani Province.
[4] She was a member of the
Democrat Party.
References
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"Celebrating the Thai female heroes you probably didn't know about - Thai Enquirer The Culture Blog". Thai Enquirer. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
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b Sopchokchai, Orapin.
Female Members of Parliament, Women's Political Participation at the National Level
Archived 2011-07-24 at the
Wayback Machine, Women's Political Participation in Thailand, TDRI Quarterly Review, Vol. 13, No. 4, December 1998, pp. 11-20
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b Iwanaga, Kazuki.
Women in Politics in Thailand
Archived 2012-03-17 at the
Wayback Machine, Working Paper No. 14, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden, 2005
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^ Statistical Booklet on Thai Women and Men, page iv, National Statistical Office, Office of the Prime Minister, 1995