Ex-ASEAN Secretary-General, ex-Foreign Minister
Place of Birth: Nakhon Si Thammarat
Date of Birth: Thu Oct 20, 1949
Date of Death: Thu Nov 30, 1717
Family Background:
Born to a Muslim family
Education:
- B.A. Political Science, Claremont Men’s College, Claremont, California, USA
- M.A. Political Science, Harvard University, USA
- Ph.D. Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, USA
Career:
- 1975-1992 Columnist for the Nation and the Bangkok Post, the two leading English daily newspapers in Thailand
- 1978-1983, 1984-1986 Lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University
- 1986-2005 Member of Parliament
- 1992-1995 Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
- 1997-2001 Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 2008-2012 ASEAN Secretary-General