He served as Minister of Education, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives,[1] and chief advisor of Chartthaipattana Party.
[2][3] In 2008 he vowed to fight gaming addiction and promised to reduce it by 70% within 90 days by using more than 1000 Royal Thai Police officials to police gaming shops in Bangkok.
[4] In 2010 he was defeated by Thaksin Shinawatra in Thai General Elections.
[5] On October 14, 2013, he chaired as a Deputy House Speaker and suggested Samak Sundaravej to think through about his ban on freedom of speech.
[6] On March 26, 2014, he said that his country will be ready to join Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 100 days.