Pareena Kraikupt (, ; born 19 May 1976) is a former Thai politician and Member of Parliament for Ratcha Buri Province. She was elected to the 25th House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Thailand as a Phalang Pracharat Party member. On 10 February 2021, she was suspended as a Member of Parliament for trespassing on national forest reserves.Ruling party MP Pareena suspended, set to face court on encroachment chargesป.ป.ช.ฟัน'เอ๋'ฝ่าฝืนจริยธรรมร้ายแรง 'บุกรุกป่า711ไร่' Her MP status was replaced by her old rival, Chaithip Kamolpanthip, from the Democrat Party in the by-election shortly after.

Early life and political career Kraikupt was born in Ratchaburi Province on 19 May 1976.archive of Thaiswatch She is daughter of Thawee and Siribangorn Kraikupt. Her father served as a Member of Parliament for Ratcha Buri Province. She married Upakit Pachariyangkun, and they have three children. Her nickname is Ae (เอ๋).

She participated in the 2001 Miss Thailand pageant, where she earned a Miss Congeniality title.ใครคือ “ปารีณา” ชาวเน็ตขุดประวัติ พบเป็นถึงอดีตนางงามมิตรภาพ เวทีนางสาวไทยปี 2544 She began her political career with the Thai Rak Thai Party in 2005 and contested the 2005 Thai general election and became elected. After that, she left to join the Pheu Thai Party, and later joined with Phalang Pracharat Party from 2019 to 2022.

Criticism She is often critical of actions adverse to her. In 2019, she called Pannika Wanich who is spokesperson of Future Forward Party with inappropriate wording.ส.ส. ราชบุรี โพสต์แจง ถึงกรณีไลฟ์สด ชี้ คำว่า ‘อีช่อ’ เป็นคำเรียกแถวบ้านถึงคนไม่อยู่ในระเบียบกฎเกณฑ์ The hashtag "#ปารีณาค้าอาวุธ" (Pareena was arms dealer) trended on Twitter in Thailand at that moment.#ปารีณาค้าอาวุธ ขึ้นอันดับ 1 เทรนด์ทวิตเตอร์

On 5 October 2019, she posted in her Facebook account for referred about suicide of Khanakorn Pianchana.ปารีณา โพสต์ล่อเป้า อ้างมีคนจัดฉากยิงตัวตาย หวังทำลายความน่าเชื่อถือสถาบันศาล In 2020, she opposed with Panadda Wongphoodee who is Miss Thailand in 2000,บุ๋ม ปนัดดา เผชิญหน้า เอ๋ ปารีณา ครั้งแรก เคลียร์ทุกประเด็นคาใจ (คลิป) which people are believed to distraction in attempted to participation with CPTPP by Thai government.ทวิตฯ เดือด "เอ๋ ปารีณา"ติดเทรนด์ ชาวเน็ตชี้ตัวเบี่ยงประเด็น

On 10 February 2021, the Supreme Court accepted the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)’s lawsuit against her and she suspended the Member of Parliament from her duties on national forest reserves.Supreme Court orders Ratchaburi MP Pareena to stop performing duty as a legislatorPareena suspended from MP duty

Personal life In April 2024, she revealed the death of her father Thawee Kraikupt.

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