PUBLISHED : 12 Jan 2024 at 04:00
Nakharin Mektrairat has been named the Constitutional Court president to succeed Worawit Kangsasitiam, who vacated the post on Sept 9 last year.
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Mr Nakharin was selected among nine judges with five votes. Jiraniti Hawanont and Panya Udchachon received two votes each.
Appointed under the 2007 constitution, Mr Nakharin has been a Constitutional Court judge since November 2015. His nine-year term will end in November but could be extended.
Before being appointed a Constitutional Court judge, he was a lecturer at Thammasat University’s political science faculty, serving part of that as faculty dean from February 2004 to January 2010. He also took part in the charter…
