Expert and opinion leader on international affairs
Place of Birth: Yala
Date of Birth: Fri Dec 16, 1960
Family Background:
Born to Mr. Mongkol and Mrs. Praneet Wattanayagorn, descendants of Southern nobility
Education:
- Primary school: Bangkok Christian College
- High school: Triamudom Suksa School
- BA in political science from Ramkhamhaeng University
- MA in urban studies, the University of Akron
- PhD in political science, Northern Illinois University
Career:
- 1993 Lecturer at the Department of International Relations in the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
- 1994-96 Director of the Defense Studies Program at the Institute of Security and International Studies (ISIS) in Bangkok
- 1997 Member of Special Working-Group on Defense for the prime minister and Minister of Defense, Chuan Leekpai
- 1999 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
- 2001-05 Foreign Affairs adviser to the Leader of the Opposition in the Thai Parliament Abhisit Vejjajiva
- 2004 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
- 2006 C.V. Starr Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
- 2006-07 Member of the Prime Minister’s Eminent Persons Advisory Board under prime minister General Surayud Chulanont
- 2009-11 Deputy Secretary-General to the Prime Minister for Political Affairs and acting government spokesman under Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
- 2014-18 Director of the College of Politics and Governance at King Prajadhipok’s Institute
- 2014-19 Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister for Security, General Prawit Wongsuwan
Honors:
Marital Status:
Married to Pimkarn Chanarath