Nitya Pibulsonggram (Thai: นิตย์ พิบูลสงคราม, RTGS: Nit Phibunsongkhram, June 30, 1941 – May 24, 2014) was a Thai career diplomat and politician.[1]
Nitya Pibulsonggram | |
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นิตย์ พิบูลสงคราม | |
 Nitya in 2007 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 9 October 2006 – 6 February 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Surayud Chulanont |
| Preceded by | Kantathi Suphamongkhon |
| Succeeded by | Noppadon Pattama |
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| Born | 30 June 1941 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Died | 24 May 2014 (aged 72) Bangkok, Thailand |
| Spouse | Patcharin Pibulsonggram |
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Careers and education
editAfter 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 1996 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.[2] 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.[citation needed]
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
editHe was the sixth child of Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram and Than Phu Ying La-iad Bhandhukravi with three sisters and two brothers.[3] One of them, Prasong, was a Vice-Admiral who had served under the Royal Thai Armed Forces.[4]
Death
editNitya died of a stroke from leukemia on 24 May 2014, he was 72 years old.[5]
References
edit- ^ The Nation (2014-05-24). "Ex-minister Nitya, 72, passes away". Nationmultimedia.com. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ^ "List of Thai Ambassadors to the U.S." สถานเอกอัครราชทูต ณ กรุงวอชิงตัน (in Thai). Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ Kobkua Suwannathatpian (1995). Thailand's Durable Premier–Phibun Through Three Decades 1932-1957. Oxford University Press. p. 163. ISBN 9676530530.
- ^ Sirin Phathanothai (25 February 2001). The Dragon's Pearl. Simon & Schuster. back matter. ISBN 0743217985.
- ^ นิตย์ทายาทจอมพลป.ถึงแก่อนิจกรรม
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