MR. KOSIT PANPIEMRAS
Minister of Finance 
October 24, 1997 - November 13, 1997

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