The party's key figure is its "chief adviser" Sontaya Kunplome, former minister of tourism under Thaksin Shinawatra, who left the Bhumjaithai Party in 2011 to found the Phalang Chon Party.

Formally, the party is chaired by Chao Maneewong.

After the elections, the Phalang Chon Party agreed to participate in a five-party coalition government, dominated by the Pheu Thai Party and led by Yingluck Shinawatra.

[2] Sontaya's wife Sukumol Kunplome was given the post of culture minister in Yingluck's cabinet.

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