Chalongphob Sussangkarn ( th, ฉลองภพ สุสังกร์กาญจน์, , born 1950) is a Thai economist. He was the President of the

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and later served as

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Surayud Chulanont Surayud Chulanont ( th, สุรยุทธ์ จุลานนท์, , ; born 28 August 1943) is a Thai politician. He was the Prime Minister of Thailand and head of Thailand's interim government between 2006 and 2008. He is a former su ...

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. An ethnic

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origin, He replaced

Pridiyathorn Devakula Mom Rajawongse Pridiyathorn Devakula ( th, ม.ร.ว.ปรีดิยาธร เทวกุล; ; ; born 15 July 1947) is a Thai economist. He was the Governor of the Bank of Thailand from 2001 to 2006. Following the 2006 Thai coup d'éta ...

after Pridiyathorn abruptly resigned. Chalongphob joined several other TDRI-affiliated individuals who had Cabinet-level seats in the junta, including Deputy Prime Minister and Industry Minister

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and Energy Minister

Piyasvasti Amranand Piyasvasti Amranand ( th, ปิยสวัสดิ์ อัมระนันทน์; RTGS: ''Piyasawat Ammaranan''), born 11 July 1953) was Thailand's Energy Minister between 9 October 2006 and 6 February 2008. He is former Secretary-Gener ...

. Prior to joining the cabinet, Chalongphob had no experience in government and was an economist.

Biography

Education and career

Chalongphob received BA and PhD degrees from the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. After graduation, he taught at the Department of Economics at the

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during 1977–79. He later joined the

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in Washington, D.C., where he served from 1979 to 1985. He then returned to

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to work as an economist at the

(TDRI). Dr. Sussangkarn served as the President of TDRI from 1996 up until 2007. He resigned from his post in early March 2007 in order to accept appointment as finance minister, replacing

, who abruptly resigned. In February 2008, Sussangkarn returned to the TDRI to work as a researcher.

Policies

Chalongphob's policy stance was pro-business, and included: *Being against the Surayud government's capital control policy, *Support for greater liberalization of foreign investment in Thailand, and *Being against the Thaksin government's populist economic policies.The Nation
Chalongphob a pro-market academic for a reeling economy
9 March 2007

References

Online ProfileTDRI"Chalongphob is appointed as new finance minister." ''The Nation'' 03-07-2007"Test Times." ''The Nation'' 03-07-2007

External links

whoswho-thailand.com page for Chalongphob Sussangkarn
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