) is a Thai

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 politician

Politics

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 and former Deputy Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Thailand

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. He was a leader of the New Aspiration Party

New Aspiration Party

The New Aspiration Party was a political party in Thailand. In the legislative elections, on February 6, 2005, the party won 0.4 % of the popular vote and no seats in the House of Representatives....

, and became an ally of Thaksin Shinawatra

Thaksin Shinawatra

Thaksin Shinawatra is a Thai businessman and politician, who was Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006, when he was overthrown in a military coup....

 when New Aspiration merged into Thai Rak Thai

Thai Rak Thai

The Thai Rak Thai Party was a Thai political party that was officially banned on May 30, 2007, by the Constitutional Court of Thailand due to violations of electoral laws during the 2006 legislative elections. From 2001 to 2006, it was the ruling party under Prime Minister and its founder Thaksin...

 after the 2001 general elections.

Education

Chaisang earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics

Economics

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 at the State University of New York at Buffalo in the United States, as well as a Master of Arts

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 in economics from The American University in Washington, D.C.

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; and is an A.B.D. graduate student of economic development

Economic development

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 and public finance

Public finance

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 at The American University.

Politics

Chaisang was a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 from Chachoengsao from 1986 until the 2006 Thai coup d'état. A member of the New Aspiration Party, he served in a succession of roles such as Assistant Secretary to the Minister of Finance (1986–1987), Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture, Secretary or Chairman of various parliamentary committees, and eventually higher roles. When New Aspiration merged into Thai Rakh Thai after the 2001 general elections, he became a Shinawatra ally. After the coup, with Shinawatra and key party executives either abroad or arrested, Chaisang became the acting party leader after Sudarat Keyuraphan

Sudarat Keyuraphan

Sudarat Keyuraphan is a Thai politician and the deputy leader of the Thai Rak Thai party. She served as the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand in the Thai Rak Thai government until its ousting in the September 2006 coup.Born in Bangkok, Sudarat is a graduate of Chulalongkorn...

declined to do so.