Wan Muhamad Noor Matha

Wan Muhamad Noor Matha (Thai: วันมูหะมัดนอร์ มะทา; Thai pronunciation: [wān.muː.hà.mát.nɔː má.tʰāː]; RTGS: Wanmuhamatno Matha), also called Wan Nor, (Thai: วันนอร์; Thai pronunciation: [wān.nɔː]; RTGS: Wan No; born 11 May 1944 in Yala, Thailand) is a Thai politician. He is a founder of the Wahdah Group, a small lobby of Muslim politicians from the Southern provinces. He is a former university lecturer at Songkhla Rajabhat University and Thaksin University.[3]

Wan Muhamad Noor Matha
วันมูหะมัดนอร์ มะทา
Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives
In office
6 October 2004 – 11 March 2005
Prime MinisterThaksin Shinawatra
Preceded bySomsak Thepsuthin
Succeeded bySudarat Keyuraphan
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
In office
10 March 2004 – 6 October 2004
Prime MinisterThaksin Shinawatra
Minister of Interior
In office
3 October 2002 – 10 March 2004
Prime MinisterThaksin Shinawatra
Preceded byPurachai Piamsomboon
Succeeded byPokin Palakul
Speaker of the House of Representatives
and President of the National Assembly of Thailand
In office
24 November 1996 – 27 June 2000
Preceded byBooneua Prasertsuwan
Succeeded byBhichai Rattakul
Minister of Transport
In office
13 July 1995 – 24 November 1996
Prime MinisterBanharn Silpa-archa
Preceded byVichit Suraphongchai
Succeeded bySuwat Liptapanlop
In office
17 February 2001 – 3 October 2002
Prime MinisterThaksin Shinawatra
Preceded bySuthep Thaugsuban
Succeeded bySuriya Juangroongruangkit
Personal details
Born (1944-05-11) 11 May 1944
Yala, Thailand
NationalityThai
Political partyPrachachat Party
Other political
affiliations		Matubhum Party (until 2018)
Alma materChulalongkorn University
ProfessionPolitician
University Lecturer[1]
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Thailand
Branch/serviceVolunteer Defense Corps
RankVDC Gen.[2]

Education

Wan Muhamad Noor Matha graduated primary school from Ban Sateng School, Yala Province, lower secondary school level at Kanaratbamrung School in Yala Province and upper secondary at Islamic College of Thailand in Bangkok. After that he received a Bachelor's degree of Bachelor of Education at Chulalongkorn University with the Ministry of Interior scholarship and have a Master's degree in the Faculty of Education (Educational Administration), Chulalongkorn University as well.[4]

Careers

He began to serve as a teacher and was appointed head teacher at Attarkiah Academy in Narathiwat Province From only 20 years old, in 1969 has moved to become a teacher at Songkhla Teachers College (Currently, Songkhla Rajabhat University) in 1975 he is a professor of the Faculty of Education, Srinakharinwirot University, Songkhla (now Thaksin University) and is a special professor Faculty of Education at Prince of Songkla University together as well. Then in the year 1978 he was appointed Vice President of Songkhla Teacher College.[5][6]

Political career

He was elected to the Thai House of Representatives in 1979, representing Yala Province and the Social Action Party until 1984. He moved to the Democratic Party in 1986, to the Solidarity Party in 1988, and to the New Aspiration Party in 1992. Each time he took a group of representatives from the Muslim-majority provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala—called "Wahdah Group"—with him. After 1980 he worked in the Ministry of Finance and Industry. From 1994 to 1995, he was appointed Deputy Minister of the Interior and was President (Speaker) of Parliament from November 1996 to June 2000.[7]

When New Aspiration Party dissolved and merged with the Thai Rak Thai party in 2001.[8] He became Minister of Transport and Communications, in October 2002 Minister of the Interior.[9]

As one of 111 executive members of the TRT, he was banned from political activities for five years after the 2006 coup d'état.[10]

After the 2006 Thai coup d'état and Thaksin's fall, Wan Noor was appointed Director of the National Drug Control Centre and promised vigorous action. He initially joined the TRT's successor party People's Power Party in 2008, but at the time a five-year ban on political activity was enforced. The Wahdah Group evolved into the Matubhum Party.

Honour

References
  1. https://www.ryt9.com/s/refb/235470
  2. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/00124653.PDF
  3. http://wiki.kpi.ac.th/index.php?title=%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2
  4. https://workpointnews.com/2019/06/03/demanded-candidate-prime-minister-show-vision/
  5. http://wiki.kpi.ac.th/index.php?title=%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2
  6. https://www.khaosod.co.th/politics/news_2741684
  7. Nakamura, Mitsuo; Sharon Siddique; Omar Farouk Bajunid (2001). Islam & Civil Society in Southeast Asia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 104. ISBN 9789812301116.
  8. Tom Wingfield: Democratization and economic crisis in Thailand. In: Edmund Terence Gomez: Political Business in East Asia. Routledge, London/New York 2002, S. 250–300, auf S. 269.
  9. Askew, Marc (2007). Conspiracy, Politics, and a Disorderly Border: The Struggle to Comprehend Insurgency in Thailand's Deep South. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 22. ISBN 9789812304643.
  10. "การกลับมาของบ้านเลขที่ 111 ไม่มีอะไรเปลี่ยนแปลงที่ "หลังฉาก"". Siam Intelligence. 5 June 2012.
  11. แจ้งความสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ (เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ชั้นสายสะพาย) เล่ม ๑๐๐ ตอน ๒๐๗ ฉบับพิเศษ ๓๑ ธันวาคม พ.
  12. "Biography". 2015-09-24. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
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