Somsak Jeamteerasakul

Somsak Jeamteerasakul
Born Bangkok
Residence France (Refugees)
Nationality Thai
Alma mater Thammasat University
Occupation Professor, Scholar, Historian
Known for Royal Reviewer of Thailand

Dr. Somsak Jeamteerasakul (Thai: สมศักดิ์ เจียมธีรสกุล; rtgs: Somsak Chiamthirasakun) former history lecturer at Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University. His academic field is contemporary politics and he's especially interested in recent Thai history, starting from 1930 onward.

Background

Somsak Jeamteerasakul was born on June 22, 1958. He graduated from secondary school at Suankularb Wittayalai School and Thammasart University.

Somsak is interested in politics since he was a student representative during his secondary education. He writes about the role of the Monarchy of Thailand. Ultra-royalist and Royalist groups accused him of trying to "Overthrow the monarchy".[1] Now Somsak Jeamteerasakul living in self-imposed exile in France.

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