Kittiratt Na-Ranong 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...

 manager and politician. He has been a Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce

Ministry of Commerce (Thailand)

The Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Thailand is a Cabinet ministry in the Government of Thailand. The head of the ministry is called the Minister of Commerce, he is a member of the Cabinet of Thailand...

 in Yingluck Shinawatra

Yingluck Shinawatra

Yingluck Shinawatra , or nickname Pu , is a Thai businesswoman and politician, member of the Pheu Thai Party, and the 28th Prime Minister of Thailand following the 2011 general election...

's cabinet since 9 August 2011.

Kittiratt Na-Ranong has visited the Assumption College and the Triam Udom Suksa School

Triam Udom Suksa School

Triam Udom Suksa School is a state school located in downtown Bangkok, Thailand. It admits upper-secondary students and has the largest yearly enrolment in the country...

 in Bangkok. He studied economics

Economics

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 at the Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn University is the oldest university in Thailand and is the country's highest ranked university. It now has nineteen faculties and institutes. Regarded as the best and most selective university in Thailand, it consistently attracts top students from around the country...

, graduating with a bachelor in 1970. Later he additionally studied for an MBA

Master of Business Administration

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 at the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration

Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University

is an AACSB-accredited business school founded in 1982 through a collaboration among Chulalongkorn University, the pre-eminent university in Thailand, and what were to become two of the leading business schools in the world: the Kellogg School of Management and the Wharton Business School. Sasin is...

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Kittiratt Na-Ranong has held the position of managing director of the Stock Exchange of Thailand

Stock Exchange of Thailand

The Stock Exchange of Thailand is the national stock exchange of Thailand. It is located in Bangkok. As of 31 December 2007, the Stock Exchange of Thailand had 541 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of $280 billion. The indices of the stock exchange are SET Index, SET50 Index...

 (SET) for five years. Afterwards he became director of the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He was a vice director of the Sasin Graduate Institute and president of the private Shinawatra University

Shinawatra University

Shinawatra University,, an international university in Thailand, was founded in 1996 by Thaksin Shinawatra. It emphasizes technology and management. SIU offers science, technology and engineering education, as well as related management programs...

, founded by the former Prime Minister 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....

. Moreover, he has managed the Thai national football team

Thailand national football team

The Thailand national football team represents Thailand in international football competition and is governed by the Football Association of Thailand. The team has a history of success in Southeast Asian competition, with three ASEAN Football Championship titles and nine senior-level Southeast...

 for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup

2007 AFC Asian Cup

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In politics, Kittiratt became involved in the Thais United

Thais United

Thais United was a political party in Thailand founded on 26 June 2007. Its members included many well-known politicians, among them former deputy prime minister Somkid Jatusripitak , former Democrat Party secretary-general Pradit Pattaraprasit, former Bangkok governor Bhichit Rattakul, former...

 party, that existed in 2007. On 9 August 2011, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce

Ministry of Commerce (Thailand)

The Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Thailand is a Cabinet ministry in the Government of Thailand. The head of the ministry is called the Minister of Commerce, he is a member of the Cabinet of Thailand...

 in the government of Yingluck Shinawatra

Yingluck Shinawatra

Yingluck Shinawatra , or nickname Pu , is a Thai businesswoman and politician, member of the Pheu Thai Party, and the 28th Prime Minister of Thailand following the 2011 general election...

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