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Yuranunt Pamornmontri
Yuranunt Pamornmontri (Thai: ยุรนันท์ ภมรมนตรี; RTGS: Yuranan Phamonmontri, nicknamed Sam; born 2 January 1962) is a Thai actor and politician. He was born in Bangkok and started his career as an actor, later becoming a member of the House of Representatives from 2005 to 2006, during Thaksin Shinawatra's term as Prime Minister. He was elected as party-list MP again in the 2011 general election, substituting resigned Police Lieutenant General Chatt Kuldilok. His father is Lieutenant general Prayoon Pamornmontri (พลโทประยูร ภมรมนตรี), one of the members of Khana Ratsadon, which successfully staged the Siamese revolution of 1932.[1] Acting careerHis debut performance was in the 1981 film Kamphaeng Huachai (The Wall of the Heart), where he played the younger brother of Jarunee Suksawat. Following this, he fully immersed himself in the entertainment industry, taking on roles in films, television dramas, modeling, and singing. Later, Yuranan joined the talent roster of Akkarasenee, managed by Pisal Akkarasenee. In 1985, he starred as the lead actor in a film for the first time in Nang Suea Dao (The Leopard Woman), opposite Wannisa Sriwichian, a fellow talent from the same agency. Pisal aimed to establish both as a beloved on-screen couple. Political careerHe entered politics in 2004 and moved to Thai Rak Thai party in the same year. After a landslide victory in 2005 general election, he became Member of Parliament and the deputy Government Spokesman but on 19 September 2006 a military junta overthrew Thaksin's government in a bloodless coup while he was abroad. The CNS-appointed constitutional tribunal dissolved the Thai Rak Thai party for electoral fraud, banning TRT's executives from politics for five years.[2] Yuranan moved to People's Power Party (PPP) and lost the 2007 general election, but leader of PPP Samak Sundaravej, became the Prime Minister. Then he became the adviser of Minister of Education Somchai Wongsawat, who was the next prime minister. In January 2009, he moved to Pheu Thai Party and was defeated in the 15th Bangkok gubernatorial election by Sukhumbhand Paribatra. LawsuitOn October 16, 2024, Yuranunt was arrested along with Kan and Min Pechaya on charges of public fraud and introducing false information into a computer system.[3] Later, on January 8, 2025, the prosecutor reviewed Special Case No. 119/2024 and filed charges against The iCON Group and all suspects on the five offenses mentioned earlier, except for Sam—Yuranunt Pamornmontri, Suspect No. 17, and Min—Pechaya Wattanamontri, Suspect No. 18. The prosecutor decided not to indict them because both had signed contracts solely as presenters in 2023, which was two years after The iCON Group had been registered. As a result, the court ordered Yuranunt's release from the Bangkok Remand Prison that evening.[4] Acting careerFilms and television
TV dramas
TV series
Host
DiscographySongs
Theater organizerAll television drama work as a theatrical producer YUTTAKARN NETWORK COMPANY LIMITED
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