MR. KOSIT PANPIEMRAS
Minister of Finance 

DURATION IN THE POSITION OF MINISTER OF FINANCE

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

       Date of Birth: 28 May 1943

EDUCATION

      B.A. (honor) Public Finance, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University,
      Bangkok, Thailand (1963)
     - M.A. (Economics), University of Maryland, U.S.A. (1965)
     - National Defense College (1988)
       Present positions
     - Executive Director, Bangkok Bank Public Company Ltd.
     - Senator
     - Member of the National Economic and Social Development Board

 

WORKING EXPERIENCES

           Foundations & Institutions
         - Chairman, Foundation for Sustainable Development
         - Chairman, Thailand Textile Institute
         - Chairman, Eastern Forest Conservation Fund
         - Board of Trustees, Kenan Institute Asia
           Corporate
         - Director and Executive Director, Padaeng Industry Public Company Ltd.
         - Director, Unithai Lines Public Company Ltd.
         - Director, Foremost Friesland (Thailand) Public Company Limited
         - 29 October 1965 Start working at Economic and Social Development Council
         - 1965 - 1972 Chief, Finance Planning Section Chief, Overall Planning Section
         - 1974 - 1976 Assistant to Secretary-General, Office of the National Economic
           and Social Development Board (NESDB)
         - 1976 - 1982 Director, Development Studies Division Director, National Rural Development
         - 1982 - 1986 Assistant to Secreatry-General, NESDB
         - 1986 - 1992 Deputy, Secretary-General, NESDB
         - 24 May 1992 Left government sector
        -  1997 Political staff, Office of the Prime Minister (Government of General
            Kriengsak Chamanant)
         - 1980 - 1988 Prime Minister’s Advisor (Government of PM General Prem Tinasulanond)
         - 1989 - 1990 Member, Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee (Government of PM General
           Chatchai Chunhawan)
         - 1991 - 1992 Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agricultrue and Cooperatives (Government of PM
           Anand Panyarachun I)
         - 1992: Secretary - General to the Prime Minister (Government of PM General
           Suchinda Kraprayoon)
         - 1992 Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (Government of PM Anand
           Panyarachun II)
         - 1995 Chairman, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Committee (Government of
           PM Banharn Silapaacha)
         - 1996 Minister, Ministry of Industry (Government of PM Banharn Silapaacha)
         - 1992 - present Senator
         - Economist of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington,
           1972 - 1974
         - Member of General Council of Asian and Pacific Development Centre (APDC)
         - Member of International Steering Committee, The National Economic University of Hanoi

           Working experiences as lecturer in universities
         - Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University
         - Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University
         - School of Development Economics, National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA)
         - PhD. Program, School of Applied Statistics, NIDA
         - PhD. Program, School of Public Administration, NIDA
         - PhD. Program, Faculty of Education, Srinakharinwirot University, Prasarnmit Campus
           Publications
           In Thai
         - Fiscal Policies for Developing Countries
         - Public Finance in Thailand
         - Rural China: System and Planning Process
         - Rural Thailand: Progress & Poverty
         - Rural Northeast Thailand
         - Migration and in Rural Area
         - Human Resource and Employment in Economic Development
         - Agricultural Policy in Newly Industrialized Country
         - Production Structure and Income Distribution
         - Economic Development in Thailand: Concept and Direction
         - Agricultural Rehabilitation and National Resources
         - Industrial Development in Rural Area
         - World Economic Struggle
           In English
         - Seasonal Migration and Employment in Thailand
         - Rural Industrialization in Thailand

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