Anucha Burapachaisri

Anucha Burapachaisri (, ) is a Thai politician and businessman. He served as a party-list Member of the House of Representatives and was a government spokesperson in the administration of General Prayut Chan-o-cha.

Early life & education Anucha, nicknamed "James," was born on 23 January 1967 in Bangkok into a family of businesspeople. He completed his lower secondary education at Assumption College, where he was a classmate of Anutin Charnvirakul. He later graduated from Sacred Heart College in Australia for his upper secondary education. He earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Adelaide, Australia; a master's degree in Fuel and Combustion Engineering from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom; and another master's degree in Finance and Marketing from the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University.

He also completed the National Defence Course, Class 63, at the National Defence College of Thailand under the National Defence Studies Institute of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters.

On 16 May, the Democrat Party officially introduced him as its candidate at the party headquarters. His campaign platform can be broadly summarized as "Clean, Convenient, Comfortable, and More" for Bangkok.

After the launch event, he immediately went to the scene of the accident where a freight train collided with an air-conditioned bus at a railway crossing near Makkasan station, accompanied by the Democrat Party's candidate for the Ratchathewi District Council.

He concluded his election campaign with a final rally on the evening of 26 June at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. Anucha received 106,739 votes in the election, placing fourth with 4.72% of the total vote. Approximately one hour after the polls closed, he and the Democrat Party congratulated Chadchart Sittipunt on his victory.

Personal life He is married to Sudarat Burapachaisri, daughter of Capt. Krisda Arunvongse na Ayudhya, the 11th Governor of Bangkok (served from 1992 to 1996).

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