Samak's political party has vowed to re-elect him as prime minister, as is allowed by Thai law. However, protesters said they would hold on to Government House while they wait to see who Parliament selects as prime minister in a vote scheduled on September 12, 2008.AP: Cooking Show Stint Derails Thai Prime Minister (September 9, 2008)

• Member of Parliament
• Founder and Leader of Prachakornthai Party (Thai Citizen Party)
• Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives
• Deputy Minister of Interior
• Minister of Interior
• Minister of Transport
• Governor of Bangkok (2000-2003)
• Leader of People's Power Party
• Prime Minister

• One of Samak's first political roles was to act as head of a right-wing faction in the Thai military. As the elected Deputy Minister of Interior in 1976, he made a name for himself by arresting liberal activists. Although Samak has denied allegations regarding his involvement in the 1976 massacre of leftists students and protesters, he openly supported Prime Minister Suchinda Kraprayoon's military suppression of pro-democracy demonstrators in 1992.

• Samak Sundaravej hosted the popular TV cooking show, Tasting and Complaining for seven years before becoming he became the prime minister of Thailand in January 2008. He was on the cooking show several times after taking office and received payment for his appearances which the Constitutional Court ruled was a violation of the a constitutional prohibition on private employment while in office.AP: Cooking Show Stint Derails Thai Prime Minister (September 9, 2008)

• "The defendant has violated Article 267 of the constitution, and his position as prime minister has ended."—Chat Chonlaworn, the court's chief justice and the head of the nine-judge panel that issued the ruling.AP: Cooking Show Stint Derails Thai Prime Minister (September 9, 2008)