Nitya Pibulsonggram

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Nitya Pibulsonggram
นิตย์ พิบูลสงคราม
Nitya in 2007
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
9 October 2006 – 6 February 2008
Prime MinisterSurayud Chulanont
Preceded byKantathi Suphamongkhon
Succeeded byNoppadon Pattama
Personal details
Born(1941-06-30)30 June 1941
Bangkok, Thailand
Died24 May 2014(2014-05-24) (aged 72)
Bangkok, Thailand
SpousePatcharin Pibulsonggram
Parents
Alma mater
Profession
  • Diplomat
  • politician

Nitya Pibulsonggram (Thai: นิตย์ พิบูลสงคราม, RTGSNit Phibunsongkhram, June 30, 1941 – May 24, 2014) was a Thai career diplomat and politician.[1]

Careers and education

After receiving his B.A. in government from Dartmouth College and his M.A. in political science from Brown University, he joined Thailand's Foreign Service in 1968. Between 1984 and 2000 he was ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Thailand to the United States and then few years later, he became Thailand's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nation in New York. He served briefly as the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Permanent Secretary (the most senior civil servant of the Ministry) before retiring from bureaucratic career.

After his retirement, he served as advisor to the foreign minister and as Thailand's chief negotiator for a Thai-US free trade agreement negotiations.

In 2006 he was appointed by the

military junta
to be Foreign Minister of Thailand, serving in that post until early 2008.

At Dartmouth College, Nitya Pibulsonggram was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa society class of 1962.

Family

He was the sixth child of Field Marshal

Than Phu Ying La-iad Bhandhukravi with three sisters and two brothers.[2] One of them, Prasong, was a Vice-Admiral who had served under the Royal Thai Armed Forces.[3]

Death

Nitya died of a stroke from leukemia on 24 May 2014, he was 72 years old.[4]

References

  1. ^ The Nation (2014-05-24). "Ex-minister Nitya, 72, passes away". Nationmultimedia.com. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
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  4. ^ นิตย์ทายาทจอมพลป.ถึงแก่อนิจกรรม

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