Pridiyathorn devakula biography
- Mom Rajawongse Pridiyathorn Devakula is a Thai economist.
- PRIDIYATHORN DEVAKULA Ministry of Finance.
- Pridiyathorn Devakula, the great-grandson of a Thai king, has long been an innovative thinker for the Thai economy, most prominently as the.
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A Trusted Leader For Turbulent Times: Pridiyathorn Devakula, WG’70
Pridiyathorn Devakula, the great-grandson of a Thai king, has long been an innovative thinker for the Thai economy, most prominently as the country’s central bank chief in the early 2000s. He rose to that post after serving for two decades as an executive in the country’s private banking system.
Pridiyathorn became the head of the Bank of Thailand in 2001 at the height of rampant inflation in Southeast Asia. He believed that the inflation was caused by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s overspending and tried to counteract it by continually raising interest rates until inflation subsided. When a military coup toppled the government of Thailand in 2006, the new rulers of the Asian nation were worried that the change would rile the country’s economy, sending it into a downward swirl. They looked for a figure who would assure the world that one of Asia’s new tigers would continue to roar. Pridiyathorn was tapped to be finance minister and deputy prime minister for economic affairs.
The Straits Times of S BANGKOK -- In September, Mom Rajawongse Pridiyathorn Devakula, 67, was appointed deputy prime minister with overall responsibility for economic policy in the military-led government of former army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha, who took power in a coup on May 22. After Thailand's previous coup in 2006, MR Pridyathorn served as deputy prime minister and minister of finance in the government of another former army chief, General Surayud Chulanont, but resigned after only four months. A prominent economist educated at Bangkok's Thammasat Univeristy and Wharton Business School in the U.S., MR Pridiyathorn spent 19 years at Thai Farmers Bank (Kasikornbank). After stints as a government spokesman, deputy commerce minister and senator, he became president of the Export-Import Bank of Thailand in 1993 and governor of the Bank of Thailand in 2001. Descended from royalty, he is popularly known by the nickname 'Mom Ui' and recently spoke exclusively with the Nikkei. Date of Birth: - 1952 - 1964 : St. Gabriel's College, Bangkok Copyright ©bandfull.pages.dev 2025•
Actions not predictions needed: Thai Deputy Prime Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula
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Ministry of Finance - Thailand.
DURATION IN THE POSITION OF MINISTER OF FINANCE
October 8, 2006 - February 28, 2007
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONEDUCATIONAL BLACKGROUNG
1968 : Bachelor of Economics (First Class Honors), Thammasat University
1970 : MBA (International Business) Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
1989 : Diploma, National Defense College
2002 : Doctor of Business Administration, Honoris Causa, Chulalongkorn University
2003 : Doctor of Economics (Honorary), Sripatum University
2003 : Doctor of Business Administration (Honorary), Mahasarakham University
2006 : Doctoral Honorary Degree in Economics from The University of Thai Chamber
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