Nit Phibunsongkhram
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Nitya "Nit" Pibulsonggram is a Thai
career diplomat and politician.
After 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 1984 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. 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.
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, Nit Phibunsongkhram was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa
society class of 1962.
He is the sixth child of Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsonggram
and Thanphuying La-iad Bhandhukravi with three sisters and two brothers. One of them, Prasong, was an Admiral who had served under the Royal Thai Armed Forces.
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...
career diplomat and politician.
After receiving his B.A. in Government from Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
and his M.A. in Political Science from Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, he joined Thailand's Foreign Service in 1968. Between 1984 and 2000 he was ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
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. 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.
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, Nit Phibunsongkhram was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa
Kappa Kappa Kappa
Kappa Kappa Kappa is a local men's fraternity at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The fraternity founded in 1842 is the second-oldest fraternity at Dartmouth College and the oldest local fraternity in the nation...
society class of 1962.
He is the sixth child of Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsonggram
Plaek Pibulsonggram
Field Marshal Plaek Pibunsongkhram , often known as Phibun Songkhram or simply Phibun in English, was Prime Minister and virtual military dictator of Thailand from 1938 to 1944 and 1948 to 1957.- Early years :...
and Thanphuying La-iad Bhandhukravi with three sisters and two brothers. One of them, Prasong, was an Admiral who had served under the Royal Thai Armed Forces.