Pita named an emerging leader in TIME100 Next list

The US-based magazine on Wednesday published this year’s list of emerging leaders from around the world who are shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership, in a campaign that has been held annually since 2019.

The magazine divides the list into five categories: Artists, Phenoms, Innovators, Advocates and Leaders, with Pita named in the ‘Leaders’ group.

“The only thing more stunning than Pita’s election victory was the radical agenda he ran on to achieve it,” wrote Time’s Charlie Campbell.

“The Harvard graduate’s upstart Move Forward Party secured 38% of votes in Thailand’s May 14 ballot by promising to bridle the nation’s armed forces and revered royal palace, scrap its controversial royal defamation law, and end military conscription. But the byzantine nature of Thai democracy means Pita’s path to power has been blocked by an…