Tarisa Watanagase (; RTGS: Tharisa Watthanaket; ; born 30 November 1949) is a former governor of the

Bank of Thailand The Bank of Thailand (BOT; Abbreviation, abbr. ธปท.; , ) is the central bank of Thailand. History The Bank of Thailand (BOT) was first set up as the Thai National Banking Bureau. The Bank of Thailand Act was promulgated on 28 April 1942 ...

(2006–2010). She succeeded Pridiyathorn Devakula, who was appointed finance minister in the

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. Tarisa was an assistant governor of the BoT and is the first female governor in the bank's 64-year history.

Education and career

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, Tarisa joined the central bank in 1975. She was appointed deputy governor in 1992. She graduated from Triam Udom Suksa School. She received a bachelor of economics and master of economics from

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, Tokyo, Japan and a doctor of economics from

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, United States. She attended the six-week Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. She served as an economist at the

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from 1988 to 1990.Srisukkasem, Anoma. October 18, 200
Tarisa becomes BOT's first female chief
, ''The Nation''. She speaks Thai, English, Japanese.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watanagase, Tarisa 1949 births Living people Tarisa Watanagase Tarisa Watanagase Washington University in St. Louis alumni Keio University alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Tarisa Watanagase Women bankers Tarisa Watanagase Tarisa Watanagase Tarisa Watanagase