| Jatuporn Prompan จตุพร พรหมพันธุ์ |
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Jatuporn on UDD stage at Ratchaprasong |
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| Born | Jatuporn Prompan October 5, 1965 Surat Thani Thailand |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Other names | Tu |
| Alma mater | Ramkhamhaeng University |
| Occupation | Political activist |
| Years active | 1996-present |
| Home town | Surat Thani |
| Political party | PTP |
| Religion | Buddhist |
Jatuporn Prompan (Thai: จตุพร พรหมพันธุ์; born October 5, 1965) is a Thai politician and activist. He is a Member of Parliament of the Pheu Thai Party and one of the core leaders of the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts".
Jatuporn was born at Amphoe Ban Na San, Surat Thani Province. He is the son of Chuan Prompan and Nuam Buakaew. He attended Ramkhamhaeng University.
In the May 1992 pro-democracy uprising after government troops secured the area around Phan Fa Bridge and the Democracy Monument, Jatuporn and some leaders of the protests protested at Ramkhamhaeng University and Suchinda Kraprayoon resigned as Prime Minister of Thailand on 24 May 1992.
Jatuporn joined Phalang Dharma Party in 1996 and defected to the Thai Rak Thai Party in 1998. After the dissolution of the Thai Rak Thai party he ran as a candidate of the People's Power Party in the 2007 parliamentary election. After the dissolution of the People's Power Party he switched to the Pheu Thai Party and remains an MP and one of the core leaders of the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts".
Jatuporn led the Red-shirts in the massive 2010 Thai political protests that had its bloody peaks in April and May of that year. He, Nattawut Saikua and other Red-Shirt leaders surrendered themselves to police to prevent further bloodshed after the violent military crackdown on 19 May 2010.[1]
Jatuporn, together with Nisit Sinthuprai, has been jailed on terrorism charges for the killing of army specialist Major General "Seh Daeng" Khattiya Sawasdipol during the violent Red-shirt protests 2010,[2] since their bails were denied on 12 May 2011. Therefore he, who is number 8 of the Pheu Thai Party list was not able to vote in the general election on 3 July, which would disqualify him from the status of a Member of Parliament.[3] However, after the House of Representatives was convoked, the Election Commission (EC) endorsed Jatuporn's MP status,[4] and he was released on bail terms on 2 August.[5]
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