Kunthida Rungruengkiat

Kunthida Rungruengkiat is a Thai academic and politician. She previously served as a Member of Parliament and Deputy Leader of the Future Forward Party, where her policy work centered on education reform and improving early childhood education. After the Constitutional Court dissolved the party, she received a 10-year ban from contesting elections. She now advises the Parliament Committee on Education and the Sub-Committee on Thailand's Application to OECD Membership, and serves as Director of the Progressive Movement Foundation—a political organization working largely outside Parliament to empower citizens and women to engage in politics. She recently earned a master’s degree in public policy from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.