Orapin Chaiyakan

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Orapin Chaiyakan was the first Thai woman to be elected to hold a post in the Parliament of Thailand.[1][2] She was elected to become a member of the House of Representatives of Thailand on June 5, 1949.[1] of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Thailand.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sopchokchai, Orapin. Female Members of Parliament, Women's Political Participation at the National Level, Women's Political Participation in Thailand, TDRI Quarterly Review, Vol. 13, No. 4, December 1998, pp. 11-20
  2. 2.0 2.1 Iwanaga, Kazuki. Women in Politics in Thailand, Working Paper No. 14, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden, 2005
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