Read the bio below and try to give details on somsak kiatsuranont 's: - profession - successor - party - predecessor - office - term end - term start - birth date - name - nationality - birth place - religion - alma mater Bio: somsak kiatsuranont -lrb- ; born 27 june 1954 in khon kaen -rrb- is a thai politician -lrb- pheu thai party -rrb- . he has been serving as the speaker of the house of representatives of thailand who is '' ex officio '' also the president of the national assembly of thailand , since 3 august 2011 . somsak kiatsuranont studied engineering . he holds a bachelor 's degree from the khon kaen university , and a master 's degree from the chulalongkorn university . somsak is a member of parliament , representing khon kaen . in 1997 , at the time a member of the new aspiration party , he was vice speaker of the house of representatives . during this time , he acquired the nickname '' the hammer man '' -lrb- '' '' -rrb- for his impartiality in presiding over the house 's meetings and intensive use of the presidium 's gavel . later , he was a member of the thai rak thai party of prime minister thaksin shinawatra , which was banned after the 2006 coup d'etat , and transferred into the people 's power party -lrb- ppp -rrb- . in the ppp-led government of samak sundaravej , somsak was minister of culture from august to september 2008 , and minister of justice in somchai wongsawat 's cabinet from september to december 2008 . then , the ppp suffered the same fate as the thai rak thai , and was dissolved by the constitutional court , but was revived as the pheu thai party , of which somsak kiatsuranont has been the vice chairman since september 2010 . after the pheu thai party won the 2011 general election , somsak kiatsuranont was elected speaker of the house of representatives , on 2 august 2011 . somsak who exercised restraint during the 2010 thai political protests , is considered to be also acceptable for the parliamentary opposition . the democrat party did not field an opposing candidate . he was formally approved by the king on 3 august . somsak was decorated with the highest class -lrb- knight grand cordon -rrb- of both the order of the white elephant , and the order of the crown of thailand .
- profession is engineer- successor is pornpetch -rrb- wichitcholchai -lrb- president of the national legislative assembly- party is pheu thai party- predecessor is chai chidchob- office is speaker the national assembly of thailand of the house of representatives and president of- term end is 9 december 2013- term start is 3 august 2011- birth date is 27 june 1954- name is somsak kiatsuranont - nationality is thai- birth place is khon kaen , thailand- religion is buddhism- alma mater is khon kaen university , chulalongkorn university