Padipat Suntiphada

Padipat received a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine from Chulalongkorn University and a Master of Theological Studies from Trinity Theological College, Singapore.{{cite news |title=Padipat Suntiphada: Move Forward's ex-vet ready to 'heal' House as next speaker |url=https://www.thaipbsworld.com/padipat-suntiphada-move-forwards-ex-vet-ready-to-heal-house-as-next-speaker/ |access-date=12 July 2023 |work=Thai PBS World |publisher=Thai Public Broadcasting Service |date=1 July 2023}} He did not want to be a veterinarian or open a clinic after graduation. As a result, he did not register with the Veterinary Council per the requirement for being a veterinarian in Thailand.{{cite web |title=อดีตที่ถูกขุดของ "หมออ๋อง" ปดิพัทธ์ สันติภาดา อะไรจริง-ไม่จริง? {{!}} Cofact |url=https://blog.cofact.org/election-2023-padipat-suntiphada/ |access-date=12 July 2023 |date=4 July 2023 |language=th}} He worked as a technical sales representative of a veterinarian product group instead.{{cite web |title=ปดิพัทธ์ สันติภาดา |url=https://election66.moveforwardparty.org/member/mem_z_plk_1 |publisher=Move Forward Party |access-date=12 July 2023}}

Padipat was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2019 under the Future Forward Party. He moved to the Move Forward Party after Future Forward was disbanded and was elected as a member of its executive board.{{cite news |title=ไม่ผิดคาด "ทิม พิธา" นั่งหัวหน้าพรรคก้าวไกล พร้อมเปิดตัวโลโก้ใหม่ |url=https://www.thairath.co.th/news/politic/1794873 |access-date=17 July 2023 |work=Thairath |date=14 March 2020 |language=th}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2563/D/064/T_0055.PDF#page=50|title=ประกาศนายทะเบียนพรรคการเมือง เรื่อง การเปลี่ยนแปลงข้อบังคับพรรค และคณะกรรมการบริหารพรรคก้าวไกล |page=104|date=20 August 2020 |publisher=Royal Gazette |access-date=17 July 2023 |language=th}} He was the second deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Political Development, Mass Communications, and Public Participation.{{cite web |title=รายนาม คณะกรรมาธิการการพัฒนาการเมือง การสื่อสารมวลชน และการมีส่วนร่วมของประชาชน |trans-title=Committee on Political Development, Mass Communications, and Public Participation |url=https://www.parliament.go.th/ewtcommittee/ewt/25_politic/committee_list.php |publisher=House of Representatives |access-date=17 July 2023 |language=th}}{{cite web |title=เกร็ดน่ารู้เกี่ยวกับคำศัพท์ภาษาอังกฤษในวงงานรัฐสภา (ตอนที่ ๒) "ประโยคและคำศัพท์ภาษาอังกฤษที่ใช้ในการประชุมรัฐสภาและคณะกรรมาธิการ" |url=https://www.parliament.go.th/ewtadmin/ewt/parliament_parcy/ewt_dl_link.php?nid=73491 |access-date=17 July 2023 |language=th,en}}

He kept his seat in the 2023 election and was later elected First Deputy Speaker at the beginning of the first House session.{{Cite news |date=7 July 2023 |title=Royal Command Appointed House Speaker and Deputies |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/2607500/royal-command-appoints-house-speaker-deputies |work=Bangkok Post}}{{cite news |title=Royal Command from King appoints House speaker and his two deputies |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/politics/40029159 |access-date=12 July 2023 |work=The Nation |date=7 July 2023 |language=en}} He resigned from his party executive position to comply with the requirements that Speaker and Deputies must be impartial.{{cite news |title='ปดิพัทธ์' ลาออก กก.บห.ก้าวไกล นั่งรอง ปธ.สภาฯ ดันเต็มที่สมรสเท่าเทียม |url=https://www.bangkokbiznews.com/politics/1076835 |access-date=17 July 2023 |work=Bangkok Biz News |date=4 July 2023 |language=th}}

Padipat worked at the Thai Christian Students Association from 2005 to 2018. His belief as a devout Christian made him abstain from voting on a Marriage Equality Bill that was proposed by his party in 2022. After being elected Deputy Speaker, he said that he will vote for the bill and will not impede its parliamentary process.

On 28 September 2023, during a meeting between a Padipat and the party executive committee, Padipat expressed his intention to continue in his role as the deputy speaker. This conflicted with the party's intention to serve as leader of the opposition. Therefore, the Move Forward party's executive committee took the decision to revoke Padipat's membership.

Under Section 106 of the Thai constitution, the opposition leader is appointed from the largest opposition party where its party leader is a serving MP. The constitution defines an opposition party as a party that does not sit in cabinet. However, the 2019 Thai constitution is the first one to add the speakership and deputy speakership as disqualifying conditions for a party to be able to hold the opposition leadership separate from the nominal definition of an opposition party. Padipat will have thirty days to join a new party lest he forfeits his position as deputy speaker and MP. The Thai Sang Thai Party and the Fair Party have expressed interests in welcoming Padipat.{{Cite news |title=Move Forward ‘expels’ its deputy speaker |language=en |work=Bangkok Post |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/2654483/move-forward-expels-its-deputy-speaker |access-date=2023-09-29}}{{Cite web |title=In a tactical move, Move Forward party sacks Padipat |url=https://www.thaipbsworld.com/in-a-tactical-move-move-forward-party-sacks-padipat/ |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.thaipbsworld.com |language=en-US}}

After the decision to revoke Padipat's membership was announced through Move Forward's official channels, various government MPs came out to criticise the decision as being political theatre and an attempt to cling on to power.{{cite web |last1=สุวรรณทิชากร |first1=พรทิพย์ |title=‘แทนคุณ’ซัด‘ก้าวไกล-หมออ๋อง’เล่นละครฮั้วการเมือง |url=https://www.dailynews.co.th/news/2762959/ |website=เดลินิวส์ |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=th}} The government chief whip, Adisorn Piangkes, posted a poem critical of Padipat on his personal Twitter account.{{cite web |last1=Adisorn |first1=Piengkes |title=กาเหว่า ฝากไข่ ให้กาฟัก|url=https://x.com/slide2495p/status/1707480915100987786?s=20 |website=x |publisher=@slide2495p |access-date=5 October 2023}} He also announced that Pheu Thai will file a complaint to the election commission on the question of whether Move Forward's party executive committee violated the party regulation on the conditions in which membership can be rescinded.

On 10 October Padipat announced his intention to join the Fair Party, accompanied by the party's leader and secretary-general. He said that he will have to wait for official confirmation of the nullification of his Move Forward party membership from the Election Commission before he can formally begin the process of joining the Fair Party.{{cite web |title=‘ปดิพัทธ์’ แถลงเปิดตัวเข้าสังกัด ‘พรรคเป็นธรรม’ ‘ปิติพงศ์’ เตรียมนั่งเป็นที่ปรึกษาฯ รองปธ.สภา |url=https://www.matichon.co.th/heading-news/news_4224301 |website=Matichon Online |publisher=Matichon |access-date=10 October 2023}}

In 2024, the Constitutional Court of Thailand ordered the dissolution of the Move Forward Party on the grounds that its advocacy for reforms of Thailand's lèse-majesté laws constituted an attempt to overthrow the constitutional monarchy.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-07 |title=Thai court dissolves progressive Move Forward Party, which won election but was blocked from power |url=https://apnews.com/article/thailand-move-forward-constitutional-court-dissolution-e50be1a85aa69f0e3baf4eb0c1bb2ed2 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=AP News |language=en}} Part of the dissolution ruling included a 10-year ban of party executives from politics. While no longer a part of the party, this included Padipat as he had been a party executive during the period covered by the ruling.

Padipat has received the following royal decorations in the Honours System of Thailand:

• 2020 - 80px Knight Commander (2nd Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand{{Cite web|date=2021-01-22|title=ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือกและเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันมีเกียรติยศยิ่งมงกุฎไทย ประจำปี ๒๕๖๓|url=https://ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/documents/2162455.pdf|publisher=Government Gazette|accessdate=2024-05-29}}

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