National Legislative Assembly of Thailand

The National Legislative Assembly of Thailand is a term used for temporary, unelected legislative bodies established in Thailand during periods of political transition following military intervention. It does not describe a permanent legislature or a commercial brand. The designation is associated particularly with the assemblies created after the 2006 and 2014 coups d'état, each of which operated as a substitute for an elected parliament under a transitional constitutional framework. The 2006 National Legislative Assembly was established after the military coup that removed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. It functioned during the interim period before the adoption of a new constitution and the return to an elected parliamentary system. Its members were appointed rather than chosen through a nationwide election, reflecting the transitional authority of the post-coup administration. A second National Legislative Assembly was created after the 2014 coup that removed the government led by Yingluck Shinawatra. It served as Thailand's national lawmaking body during the period governed by the National Council for Peace and Order and under the 2014 interim constitutional arrangement. Its responsibilities included considering legislation, approving measures proposed by the transitional government, and carrying out parliamentary functions until a new constitutional order and elected institutions were established. The assemblies were therefore distinct from Thailand's ordinary bicameral National Assembly, which consists of an elected or otherwise constitutionally constituted lower house and a Senate. They were also distinct from the Senate, despite later institutional continuity in Thailand's parliamentary administration and official web references. Their central characteristic was their temporary and appointed nature. The 2014 National Legislative Assembly ended when the post-transition constitutional and electoral arrangements produced a new National Assembly in 2019. The term remains relevant in accounts of Thailand's modern political history because it illustrates how legislative authority was organized during periods when elected parliamentary institutions were suspended or replaced. The subject should consequently be understood as a historical constitutional institution rather than an operating organization with products, customers, or commercial positioning.

In Thailand, National Legislative Assembly is a designation for an appointed legislature created during a political transition in which the country's ordinary elected parliamentary institutions have been suspended or displaced. The term is principally associated with two historical bodies: the assembly established after the 2006 military coup and the assembly established after the 2014 coup. The first body followed the removal of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra by a military coup. During the interim period, an appointed assembly performed the lawmaking role that would ordinarily have been exercised by the National Assembly. Its existence was linked to the transitional constitutional and political arrangements put in place after the coup, and it ended when Thailand returned to a constitutional system with an elected legislature. The second body followed the 2014 military coup, which removed the government led by Yingluck Shinawatra. Under the transitional order administered by the National Council for Peace and Order, an appointed National Legislative Assembly took over parliamentary functions. It considered bills and other government measures and provided a formal legislative mechanism while a new constitution and electoral process were being prepared. Because its members were appointed rather than elected, the assembly represented the transitional political structure of the period rather than the ordinary democratic parliamentary model. The 2014 assembly remained in place through the drafting and implementation of the post-coup constitutional framework. It was ultimately superseded in 2019, when the transition produced a new National Assembly under the constitutional and electoral arrangements then taking effect. The historical subject is therefore best treated as a succession of temporary Thai legislatures rather than as one continuous institution with a single founding date. The National Legislative Assembly should not be confused with Thailand's permanent National Assembly, nor with the Senate that forms one chamber of that institution. It also has no conventional corporate attributes: there are no products, commercial customers, shareholders, or market competitors. Its significance lies in constitutional history, the relationship between military governments and legislative authority, and the institutional replacement of elected parliamentary bodies during Thailand's post-coup transitions.

• 2019

  2014 assembly replaced

  [1]National Legislative Assembly of Thailanden.wikipedia.org

  The 2014 National Legislative Assembly ended when a new National Assembly was constituted following Thailand's post-transition constitutional and electoral process.

• 2014

  Second National Legislative Assembly established

  [1]National Legislative Assembly of Thailanden.wikipedia.org

  A new appointed assembly was established after the 2014 coup and operated as Thailand's legislature under the transitional order led by the National Council for Peace and Order.

• 2006

  First post-coup National Legislative Assembly established

  [1]National Legislative Assembly of Thailanden.wikipedia.org

  An appointed National Legislative Assembly was created after the 2006 military coup to exercise legislative functions during Thailand's interim political and constitutional transition.

1. 1National Legislative Assembly of Thailanden.wikipedia.org
2. 2National Legislative Assembly of Thailand official reference pagesenate.go.th