Thanong Bidaya ( th, ทนง พิทยะ; ), born Thanong Lamyai (ทนง ลำใย), is a Thai politician and deposed finance minister. After the military overthrew the government of Thaksin Shinawatra, he remained in Singapore where he was attending the annual meeting of the

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Early life and education

Thanong was born in Suphanburi Province. He has four siblings, all of whom are teachers. Thanong was the only boy in his village to earn a bachelor's degree. He later earned a PhD.

Academic and research career

Thanong became the Dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration or NIDA Business School,

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(NIDA). He also worked for a time as a researcher at the World Bank in

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He later left his academic career for a career in business, citing insufficient income. From April to August 2007, Thanong was a visiting professor at the International Graduate School of Social Sciences,

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, Japan.

Business career

Thanong became president of

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Political career

Thanong was invited by the government of Premier

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to be finance minister from June to October 1997, the height of the

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. He served as finance minister in the government of

Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra ( th, ทักษิณ ชินวัตร; ; ; Chinese: 丘達新; cnr, Taksin Šinavatra; born 26 July 1949), is a Thai businessman, politician and visiting professor. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, ...

for a second term from August 2005 until the military coup of September 2006.

References

* ''Bangkok Post''
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