Jakrapob Penkair

Jakrapob Penkair
จักรภพ เพ็ญแข
Minister to the Office of the Prime Minister
In office 6 February 2007 – 17 September 2008
Prime Minister	Samak Sundaravej
Preceded by	Tippawadi Meksawan Teerapat Serirangsan
Succeeded by	Sukhumpong Ngonkum Supol Fongngarm
Government spokesperson
In office 9 December 2003 – 14 March 2005
Prime Minister	Thaksin Shinawatra
Preceded by	Sita Tiwaree
Succeeded by	Chalermdej Chompunut
Personal details
Born	(1967-10-21) 21 October 1967 (age 57) Bangkok, Thailand
Political party	Thai Rak Thai People's Power
Alma mater	Johns Hopkins SAIS (PhD)[1] Chulalongkorn University
Profession	Politician MC diplomat journalist

Jakrapob Penkair (Thai: จักรภพ เพ็ญแข; born October 21, 1967) is a Thai media personality, diplomat and politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Bangkok,^[2] the Government Spokesperson of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from 2003 to 2005, and later as a Cabinet Minister to the Office of the Prime Minister from 2007 to 2008 under the premiership of Samak Sundaravej.

Following the 2006 Thai coup d'état by the Royal Thai Army, he became a key organizer of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship opposed to it. He was forced to step down after allegations of lèse majesté,^[3] a legal weapon commonly used in Thailand to silence dissent, and has been in exile since the 2009 Thai political unrest.