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Amara Pongsapich
(อมรา พงศาพิชญ์)

Amara Pongsapich<br>(อมรา พงศาพิชญ์)

Chairperson, the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand

Date of Birth: Sat Nov 03, 1945

Age: 79

Education:

  • 1967 B.A. (Anthropology) University of California, USA
  • 1969 M.A. (Anthropology) University of Washington, Seattle, USA
  • 1974 Ph.D. (Anthropology) University of Washington, Seattle, USA

 

Career:

  • 1974 – 2006 Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
  • 1979 – 2002 Deputy Director, Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute (CUSRI)
  • 2002 – 08 Dean, Faculty of Political Science, Chualongkorn University
  • 2009 – 15 Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand