Tassanee Buranupakorn

Tassanee Buranupakorn (ทัศนีย์ บูรณุปกรณ์, also transliterated Tasanee Buranupakorn, Thasanee Buranupakorn, Tussanee Buranupakorn, Tassanee Buranapakorn) (born March 8, 1972) is a Thai politician who served in the Thai House of Representatives, where she represented the first district of Chiang Mai Province as a member of the Pheu Thai Party for two terms.

Tassanee was first elected in 2011, and served on the 24th Parliament's Committee on Local Administration; however, like all members of the 24th Parliament, her term was truncated by the 2013–2014 Thai political crisis, which led to the parliament being dissolved.

2016 arrest

On July 26, 2016, several members of the Buranupakorn family and their associates were arrested for having been involved in distributing letters which allegedly misrepresented or were otherwise critical of the draft version of the Thai Constitution, and which sought to dissuade recipients from voting 'yes' in the then-upcoming referendum. Charges included sedition and being part of a political gathering of more than 5 people, that it was in an attempt to "show her [own] innocence"; and that, "after being implicated by a former employee", she visited police "just to find out the charges against her"

On August 26, Tassanee and the other Buranupakorns were released on bail, on the condition that they not leave Thailand or participate in "activities that could cause instability".

On December 19, she and her co-accused were formally indicted; however, the charges were subsequently dismissed.

Subsequent career Tassanee ran for office again during the 2019 Thai general election, and was re-elected; this came in the aftermath of Pheu Thai dissolving its alliance with the MFP Other relatives include her uncle Prapan Buranupakorn, who served in the Senate of Thailand; her uncle Pakorn Buranupakorn, who served in the House of Representatives; her brother Tassanai Buranupakorn, who served as mayor of Chiang Mai from 2009 to 2021; and her cousin Assanee Buranupakorn, who succeeded Tassanai as mayor in 2021.