High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Democrat Party is Thailand's oldest political party, represented as the core coalition member in the six-party coalition government since December 15, 2008. The party upholds a centre-right, strongly constitutional monarchist, socially conservative, and economically liberal position. Prior to the 2007 general election, party leader and now Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva started embracing many populist policies, which had proved to be popular by the rival Thai Rak Thai party. Its party members such as Somkiat Pongpaibul and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kasit Piromya were also members of the People's Alliance for Democracy. Leading popular movement opposing Thaksin Shinawatra. The party's electoral support bases are mainly constituencies in Bangkok and Southern Thailand. The Democrat candidate also won the election for Bangkok Metropolitan's governor in 2009. The Democrat Party was founded on April 6, 1946, as a royalist party in opposition to parties affiliated with democratic socialist Pridi Phanomyong, one of the leaders of 1932 Revolution.