Kittiratt Na-Ranong (; ; born 3 August 1958) is a Thai business executive and politician. He was a

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in Yingluck Shinawatra's cabinet. He also served as the

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until January 2012 and then as

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until May 2014.

Education

Kittiratt attended Assumption College and the Triam Udom Suksa School in Bangkok. He studied

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at the

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, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1980. He later studied for an

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at the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration.Biography of Kittiratt Na-Ranong
, website of the Sasin Graduate Institute (www.sasin.edu). Retrieved on 27 Sep 2011.

Careers

Kittiratt held the position of managing director of the

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(SET) for five years. Afterwards he became director of the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He was a vice director of the Sasin Graduate Institute and president of the private Shinawatra University, founded by the former Prime Minister

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. He managed the

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for the

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. In politics, Kittiratt became involved with the Thais United party in 2007. In 2011 he transferred to the

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Family

Kittiratt Na-Ranong comes from the Khaw na Ranong family, a prominent

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family based in southern Thailand. He is a great-great grandson of Khaw Soo Cheang, a Hokkien Chinese immigrant from

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who migrated to

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in 1810 and then to Thailand in 1822. Soo Cheang established a tin mining and shipping business in Penang and southern Thailand. He was appointed governor of Ranong Province in 1854 and given the princely title of Phraya Na Ranong by the royal family. Soo Cheang's second son, Khaw Sim Kong was the governor of Ranong Province and the great-grandfather of Kittiratt. Soo Cheang's sixth son, Phraya Ratsadanupradit Mahitsaraphakdi served as the governor of

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. The family was granted the "Na Ranong" surname in around 1916 by Rama VI, among the first families to receive one. Today, several hundred members of the family use this surname. According to a distant relative, Khaw Teik Gim, who serves as the family's historian, Kittiratt's Chinese name is Khaw Cheng Thong.

Family tree

Source:

Royal decorations

* Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted

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(2012) * Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of The Most Noble

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(2011)2 December 2011

''Royal Thai Government Gazette''

References

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