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Country name:
conventional long form: Kingdom of Thailand
conventional short form: Thailand

Data code: TH

Government type: constitutional monarchy

Capital: Bangkok

Administrative divisions: 76 provinces (changwat, singular and plural): Amnat Charoen, Ang Thong, Buriram, Chachoengsao, Chai Nat, Chaiyaphum, Chanthaburi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Chon Buri, Chumphon, Kalasin, Kamphaeng Phet, Kanchanaburi, Khon Kaen, Krabi, Krung Thep Mahanakhon (Bangkok), Lampang, Lamphun, Loei, Lop Buri, Mae Hong Son, Maha Sarakham, Mukdahan, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nan, Narathiwat, Nong Bua Lamphu, Nong Khai, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Pattani, Phangnga, Phatthalung, Phayao, Phetchabun, Phetchaburi, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phrae, Phuket, Prachin Buri, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ranong, Ratchaburi, Rayong, Roi Et, Sa Kaeo, Sakon Nakhon, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram, Sara Buri, Satun, Sing Buri, Sisaket, Songkhla, Sukhothai, Suphan Buri, Surat Thani, Surin, Tak, Trang, Trat, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Uthai Thani, Uttaradit, Yala, Yasothon.

Independence: 1238 (traditional founding date; never colonized)

National holiday: Birthday of His Majesty the King, December 5 (1927)

Constitution: new constitution signed by King Phumiphon on October 11, 1997

Legal system: based on civil law system, with influences of common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory

Executive branch:
chief of state: King Phumiphon Adunyadet (since June 9, 1946) head of government: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (since January 2001)
cabinet: Council of Ministers
note: there is also a Privy Council
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; prime minister designated from among the members of the House of Representatives; following a national election for the House of Representatives, the leader of the party that can organize a majority coalition usually becomes prime minister

Legislative branch: bicameral National Assembly or Rathasapha consists of the Senate or Wuthisapha (a 200-member elected body; members serve six-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Sapha Phuthaen Ratsadon (a 500-member body after the next election; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: House of Representatives - last held January 6, 2001 election results: House of Representatives - seats by party - Thai Rak Thai (TRT) 248 (NA), Democrat Party (DP) 128 (+5), Chart Thai (TNP) 41 (+2), Chart Pattana (NDP) 29 (-23), The New Aspiration (NAP) 36 (-89)

Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Sandika), judges appointed by the monarch.

Political parties and leaders:

Thai Rak Thai or TRT [THAKSIN Shinawatra/Chinnawat]
Democratic Party or DP (Prachathipat Party) [CHUAN Likphai]
Liberal Democratic Party or LDP (Seri Tham) [PHINIT Charusombat]
Mass Party or MP [CHALERM Yoobamrung, SOPHON Petchsavang]
National Development Party or NDP (Chat Phattana) [KON Thappharangsi]
New Aspiration Party or NAP (Khwamwang Mai) [Gen. CHAWALIT Yongchaiyut]
Phalang Dharma Party or PDP (Phalang Tham) [CHAIWAT Sinsuwong]
Social Action Party or SAP (Kitsangkhom Party) [SUWIT Khunkitti]
Solidarity Party or SP (Ekkaphap Party) [CHAIYOT Sasomsap]
Thai Citizen's Party or TCP (Prachakon Thai) [SAMAK Sunthonwet]
Thai Nation Party or TNP (Chat Thai Party) [BANHAN Sinlapa-acha].

International organization participation: APEC, AsDB, ASEAN, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAS (observer), OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMIBH, UNTAET, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Flag description: Five horizontal bands of red (top), white, blue (double width), white, and red

See also : Thailand
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