Following is a list of events and scheduled events in the year 2023 in Thailand. The year
2023 is reckoned as the year 2566 in
Buddhist Era, the Thai calendar.
Thai politics in 2023 has been marked by the 2023 General election in July, which saw the progressive
Move Forward party, along with 7 other parties it formed a coalition with, win the election against pro-junta parties. However its leader,
Pita Limjaroenrat, failed to secure enough votes from Parliament and was later suspended.[1]Pheu Thai currently seeks to nominate its candidate as Prime-minister.
12 January – Thailand records its lowest birth rate in 71 years.[6]
18 January – Two youth political activists began hunger strike from prison calling for the release of political prisoners, judicial reform and abolition of lèse-majesté law, which would last for 52 days.[7][8]
17 February – It is revealed that Thailand's GDP in 2022 expanded 2.6 percent, which was among the slowest growth in Southeast Asia.[10]
19 February – The Prayut cabinet pass an executive order to postpone provisions in the law against torture and forced disappearances.[11]
20 February - The Maesai-Tachileik border checkpoint in
Chiang Rai province between Myanmar and Thailand reopens after its closure on 24 March 2020.[12]
March
5 March – Health officials reported that over 1.3 million people in Thailand had been affected by air pollution-related diseases, mainly caused by PM2.5 dust.[13]
10 March – A radioactive Caesium-137 container
was reported missing from a power plant in
Prachin Buri Province. It was later found melted and the environment was contaminated with radiation.
15 March – Personal data of 55 million Thais, presumed to be leaked from a government agency, was posted for sale by hackers.[14]
20 March – Decree to dissolve the House of Representatives took effect.
21 March –
The Akara gold mine or Chatree gold mine was reopened after
Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered its suspension in 2017 and the government was expected to lose the international arbitration case.[15]
Around three new cases of
mpox are discovered in Thailand.[16]
22 March – Mass shooting occurred in Petchaburi Province, causing at least three deaths.[17]
11 July – Two people are killed and eleven others are injured when an elevated road collapses in
Bangkok.[18]
19 July – A Thai court suspends politician and winner of the
2023 Thai general electionPita Limjaroenrat's status as a lawmaker after accusing him of violating election laws for allegedly holding shares in a media company.[1]
25 July – Parliament postpones the third round of parliamentary votes to select a Prime-minister from July 27. In response, protests around Bangkok erupted against Senators.[19][20]
August
11 August – Thailand witnesses its first
Mpox related death.[21] At this point, Bangkok had 136 cases of Mpox.[22]
22 August –
Srettha Thavisin of the Pheu Thai party is elected by Parliament to become the 30th Prime-Minister of Thailand.[23] Pheu Thai-led coalition also included junta-affiliated parties: the Palang Pracharath and the United Thai Nation.
Thaksin Shinawatra returns to Thailand after his last return in 2008.[24]
September
1 September – King Vajiralongkorn grants Thaksin a royal pardon, reducing his jail term to a year.[25]
27 September – Police General Torsak Sukwimon, who had ties to the King, was named the national police commander amid crackdown on fellow high-ranking officer Police General Surachet Hakphan.[29]
Following is a list of events and scheduled events in the year 2023 in Thailand. The year
2023 is reckoned as the year 2566 in
Buddhist Era, the Thai calendar.
Thai politics in 2023 has been marked by the 2023 General election in July, which saw the progressive
Move Forward party, along with 7 other parties it formed a coalition with, win the election against pro-junta parties. However its leader,
Pita Limjaroenrat, failed to secure enough votes from Parliament and was later suspended.[1]Pheu Thai currently seeks to nominate its candidate as Prime-minister.
12 January – Thailand records its lowest birth rate in 71 years.[6]
18 January – Two youth political activists began hunger strike from prison calling for the release of political prisoners, judicial reform and abolition of lèse-majesté law, which would last for 52 days.[7][8]
17 February – It is revealed that Thailand's GDP in 2022 expanded 2.6 percent, which was among the slowest growth in Southeast Asia.[10]
19 February – The Prayut cabinet pass an executive order to postpone provisions in the law against torture and forced disappearances.[11]
20 February - The Maesai-Tachileik border checkpoint in
Chiang Rai province between Myanmar and Thailand reopens after its closure on 24 March 2020.[12]
March
5 March – Health officials reported that over 1.3 million people in Thailand had been affected by air pollution-related diseases, mainly caused by PM2.5 dust.[13]
10 March – A radioactive Caesium-137 container
was reported missing from a power plant in
Prachin Buri Province. It was later found melted and the environment was contaminated with radiation.
15 March – Personal data of 55 million Thais, presumed to be leaked from a government agency, was posted for sale by hackers.[14]
20 March – Decree to dissolve the House of Representatives took effect.
21 March –
The Akara gold mine or Chatree gold mine was reopened after
Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered its suspension in 2017 and the government was expected to lose the international arbitration case.[15]
Around three new cases of
mpox are discovered in Thailand.[16]
22 March – Mass shooting occurred in Petchaburi Province, causing at least three deaths.[17]
11 July – Two people are killed and eleven others are injured when an elevated road collapses in
Bangkok.[18]
19 July – A Thai court suspends politician and winner of the
2023 Thai general electionPita Limjaroenrat's status as a lawmaker after accusing him of violating election laws for allegedly holding shares in a media company.[1]
25 July – Parliament postpones the third round of parliamentary votes to select a Prime-minister from July 27. In response, protests around Bangkok erupted against Senators.[19][20]
August
11 August – Thailand witnesses its first
Mpox related death.[21] At this point, Bangkok had 136 cases of Mpox.[22]
22 August –
Srettha Thavisin of the Pheu Thai party is elected by Parliament to become the 30th Prime-Minister of Thailand.[23] Pheu Thai-led coalition also included junta-affiliated parties: the Palang Pracharath and the United Thai Nation.
Thaksin Shinawatra returns to Thailand after his last return in 2008.[24]
September
1 September – King Vajiralongkorn grants Thaksin a royal pardon, reducing his jail term to a year.[25]
27 September – Police General Torsak Sukwimon, who had ties to the King, was named the national police commander amid crackdown on fellow high-ranking officer Police General Surachet Hakphan.[29]