Ekkapot Wongnak

Ekkapot Panyaem, known by the stage name Ekkapot Wongnak (Thai: เอกพจน์ วงศ์นาค, born 1 June 1969), is a Thai politician and Luk thung singer who was best known in the late 1980s. He sang The Pity Draftee (ทหารเกณฑ์คนจน), The Secret Dream (แอบฝัน), Love by Your Smiling (รักเพราะรอยยิ้ม) and The Dirty Letter (จดหมายเปื้อนฝุ่น). He retired in 1995 to have a political career.

Ekkapot Wongnak
เอกพจน์ วงศ์นาค
Mayor of Khlong Luang municipality
Assumed office
31 May 2021
Personal details
Born
Ekkapot Panyaem

(1969-06-01) 1 June 1969
Pathum Thani Province, Thailand
Political partyDemocrat Party
Thai Nation Party
Musical career
GenresLuk thung
Occupation(s)
  • Singer  · politician
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
Years active
  • 1984–1995
LabelsSure Entertainment

Musical career

He began his career in 1984 at the recommendation of Der Doksadao. He signed with Sure Entertainment in 1986. His first successful song was The Pity Draftee,[1] written by Pheng Panyeam and compoosed by Jittakorn Buaniam.

After that, he collaborated with Sunaree Ratchasima and released three studio albums.

Political career and corruption

He retired from music to contest the 1995 Thai general election and was elected as a member of the House of Representatives of Thailand on behalf Thai Democrat Party. He was on the committee of the Thai Nation Party, but was banned from politics for five years upon the dissolution of the Thai Nation Party by the Constitutional Court in 2008.[2]

In 2021, he was elected as mayor of Khlong Luang municipality.[3]

In May 2023, he arrested by the Royal Thai Police for political corruption related to a landfill in Khlong Luang.[4][5] He was convicted of embezzling US$89,114.64.[1]

Health

In 2020, he developed lymphoma, but was declared healthy in 2021.[6]

Partial discography
  • 1986 : The Pity Draftee (ทหารเกณฑ์คนจน)[1][7]
  • 1988 :
    • The Secret Dream (แอบฝัน)
    • Love by Your Smiling (รักเพราะรอยยิ้ม)
    • The Dirty Letter (จดหมายเปื้อนฝุ่น)
    • Have a boyfriend but don't tell (มีแฟนแล้วไม่บอก)

References
  1. "อัปเดต 'เอกพจน์ วงศ์นาค' ปัจจุบันและอดีต พันคดีเรียกสินบน 3 ล้าน". Bangkokbiz. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  2. "เปิดชื่อ 109 กก.บริหาร "พปช.-ชาติไทย-มัชฌิมาฯ" ถูกยุบ-เพิกถอนสิทธิเลือกตั้ง 5 ปี". Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  3. 7 ปีที่รอ "เอกพจน์" มาแล้ว คว่ำเด็ก "บิ๊กแจ๊ส"
  4. จับ "เอกพจน์ วงศ์นาค" อดีตลูกทุ่งดัง เป็นนายกเล็ก "รีดเงิน" ใต้โต๊ะ
  5. Mayor, public works director charged with demanding bribes
  6. อดีตนักร้องดัง "เอกพจน์ วงศ์นาค" ป่วยมะเร็งต่อมน้ำเหลือง เผยชีวิตสุดทรมาน
  7. ฝึกอีกแล้วหรือเรา ตั้งแต่เช้ายันค่ำ
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