Pita Limjaroenrat

Pita Limjaroenrat (Thai: พิธา ลิ้มเจริญรัตน์, RTGS: Phitha Limcharoenrat, pronounced [pʰí(ʔ).tʰāː lím.tɕā.rɤ̄ːn.rát] ⓘ; born 5 September 1980), nicknamed Tim (Thai: ทิม), is a Thai businessman and politician. A member of the House of Representatives, he previously served as Leader of the Move Forward Party, the de facto successor to the dissolved Future Forward Party, from 2020 to 2023. He led Move Forward to become the largest party in the 2023 general election, winning 151 seats, but resigned as leader of the party in September 2023. He continues to be active in the party, and was reinstated as an MP in January 2024 after a brief suspension from parliamentary duties.

2023

 * When people ask me 'How do you feel that you have failed?' and I would respond back to them that I won, I formed, and I got blocked. I didn't fail.
 * | Thailand's Pita hopes second time's a charm in PM vote - Reuters


 * I’m not planning to be in Thai politics forever. I don’t want to be 70 or 80 and sleeping in the parliament and speaking nonsense about blockchain and AI! I want to be able to pass the baton to the next generation of leaders.
 * | The Man Who Upended Thailand’s Politics - TIME

2024

 * Even if I don’t have the authority to lead, I felt like I still have the legitimacy to lead. It might be two, three years, depending on the government’s performance. Then I’ll come back and become the prime minister or candidate for the next election, because the goal or the endgame for me is to show the world that (an) alternative Thailand is possible, and to be the undisputed leader in the democratic force in the region.
 * | Unfazed by political blows, Pita Limjaroenrat resolves to come back to lead ‘alternative Thailand’ - Associated Press


 * South Korea and Indonesia arguably proved that they could get out of military domination and prosper and thrive [as] strong democracies. Once you've reached that stage, it's hard for you to turn back. But it's not yet time for Thailand, and we just have to be patient and keep doing what we're doing.
 * | A New Vision for Thailand: Interview with Pita Limjaroenrat, Member of the Thai House of Representatives and Former Leader of the Move Forward Party - Harvard International Review


 * To be clear, I won the election...a lot of hopes and dreams of Thais all around the world...didn't translate into governance here in Thailand.
 * | 'To be clear, I won the election': Thai opposition leader Pita Limjaroenrat speaks to FRANCE 24 - FRANCE 24


 * In a constitutional monarchy, we want the King to be above politics, and we don't want any other political opponents to use lèse-majesté law to punish destroy political political opponents and push the youth away from the monarchy.
 * | ‘My time will come’: Why Thai politician Pita Limjaroenrat won’t give up - DW News


 * The progressives, including myself, have to be much smarter and much stronger and also show the people that leadership is not just about fear. It can be about hope and it can be about working together with the people and it can be about empathy.
 * | ‘If there are two tigers in one cave then what happens?’ - Melbourne Asia Review


 * My favourite leader in the world who I look up to is Jacinda Ardern. I think she proved to the world during the COVID crisis and during the Christchurch massacre that you don’t have to be a ‘strongman’ with fear tactics and a militant background to resolve crises for the country.
 * | ‘If there are two tigers in one cave then what happens?’ - Melbourne Asia Review