Newin Chidchob

Newin Chidchob (, born 4 October 1958) is a Thai politician from Buriram Province. As a member of several political parties, Newin and his allies eventually joined the Thai Rak Thai Party of Thaksin Shinawatra in 2005. Prior to the 2006 Thai coup d'état, he served as a member of Parliament for Buriram Province and was a Cabinet Minister with the Thai Rak Thai Party. From 2002 to 2005, he was Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives.

Following the 2006 Thai coup d'état and the subsequent dissolution of Thai Rak Thai for corruption, Newin and his friends, mostly members of the National Assembly from the south of Isan (the northeastern region), shifted from the ruling (now also dissolved) People Power Party (PPP) to the opposition Democrat Party during the 2008 Thai political crisis.

Niwin graduated grade 7 from Trai Kham School and went on to complete secondary education at Suankularb Wittayalai School. Notable contemporaries were Watana Muangsook, Wira Somkhid, Somchai Srisutthiyakon and Somsak Jeamteerasakul.

Later, he completed a diploma in community development from Buriram Rajabhat Institute in 1987, and graduated in bachelor's degree of Agriculture and Cooperative Promotion from Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. He received an honorary degree in public administration from Pacific Western University, Western Hawaii, USA.

Crimes and punishments On 19 June 1998, the Buriram Provincial Court handed Newin a suspended six-month jail sentence and a ฿50,000 fine in a vote-buying slander case filed by Democrat MP Karoon Sai-ngam. A year later, the Constitutional Court ruled 7-6 that Newin could keep his ministerial post.

Official profile at the Thai Cabinet website and cache of the Thai Cabinet website

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