Bunjongsak Wongprachaya
Bunjongsak Wongprachaya | |
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บรรจงศักดิ์ วงศ์ปราชญ์ | |
| Justice of the Constitutional Court of Thailand | |
| Assumed office 20 August 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 August 1952 |
Bunjongsak Wongprachaya (Thai: บรรจงศักดิ์ วงศ์ปราชญ์, RTGS: Banchongsak Wongprat; born 14 August 1952)[a] is a Thai jurist serving as a Justice of the Constitutional Court of Thailand since 2020.[1][2] He previously served as a Justice of the Administrative Court.[3]
Early life and education
He received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Chiang Mai University, a Bachelor of Laws with Second Class Honors from Chulalongkorn University, and a Master of Arts in Political Science from Ramkhamhaeng University.[1]
Career
Constitutional Court
Bunjongsak's appointment was given royal endorsement by King Vajiralongkorn on 20 August 2020 and was published in the Royal Gazette on 26 August 2020.[4]
Move Forward Party dissolution
On 7 August 2024 in the dissolution resolution of the Move Forward Party, Bunjongsak joined the unanimous vote that the party sought to take control of the country through unconstitutional means.[1] He was in the minority of the 8 to 1 vote that that party was hostile to Thailand's system of democratic governance with the King as head of state.[1]
He also opposed banning Pita Limjaroenrat from politics, again voting in the minority alongside Noppadon Theppitak.[1][5]
Notes
- ^ Other spellings include Banjongsak Wongprachan
References
- ^ a b c d e Thosapol (2024-08-07). "รู้จัก บรรจงศักดิ์ วงศ์ปราชญ์ ตุลาการเสียงข้างน้อย คดีพรรคก้าวไกล". Thaiger ข่าวไทย (in Thai). Retrieved 2025-07-01.
- ^ https://world.thaipbs.or.th/detail/a-closer-look-at-the-constitutional-courts-9-judges-as-pm-tenure-ruling-looms/46626
- ^ "Nine Constitutional Court judges to rule on Paetongtarn case tomorrow". nationthailand. 2025-06-30. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
- ^ https://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2563/E/196/T_0001.PDF
- ^ "เปิดโฉม 2 ตุลาการศาลรัฐธรรมนูญไม่เห็นด้วยสั่ง พิธา หยุดปฏิบัติหน้าที่ ส.ส." thansettakij (in Thai). 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2025-07-02.