Kasit Piromya

Kasit Piromya ( Thai: ก ษิ ต ภิรมย์, RTGS: Kasit Phirom, pronunciation: [ p ʰ Kasit Irom ] ) (born 15 December 1944 Thonburi, Bangkok ) is a Thai diplomat and politician (Democratic Party). From 2008 to 2011 he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country.

Biography

Studies and diplomatic career

After visiting the Christian College in Bangkok and the St. Joseph's College in Darjeeling (India), he studied law at Chulalongkorn University. He then took a post-graduate studies at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, from which he graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science ( B.Sc.) in International Affairs. In 1971, he also earned a diploma in International Relations and a Master of Science ( M.Sc.) in Social Sciences at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague.

In 1968 he entered the diplomatic service and was initially Third Secretary in the Department for International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before he as Third Secretary in the Department of News Analysis of the Department has been working for Information 1969. 1972 was succeeded by his changing as Third Secretary in the Department of the SEATO the Department for International Organizations.

Kasit Piromya took place in 1975 using first as a third party and then as Second Secretary at the Embassy of Belgium and the European Union in Brussels. In 1979 he returned to the Foreign Ministry and was initially Second Secretary in the Department of International Economic Affairs in the Department of Economic Affairs. That same year, however, he was First Secretary in the Director General of the Department of Economic Affairs office. 1981 he was appointed Director of the Trade and Industry Department in the Department for the ASEAN and then in 1983 director of the Business Information in the Department of Economic Affairs. A year later he became in 1984 director of the Division of Policy and Planning in the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office and a year later in 1985 Deputy Director General of the Department of Economic Affairs.

Ambassador and appointment as Foreign Minister

In 1988 he was attached to the Office of the Permanent Secretary in the rank of Ambassador and was responsible for European affairs. In the same year he became Director General of the Department for International Organizations and held that office until 1991. During this time he was also 1990 graduate of the College of National Defence.

Between 1991 and December 1993, he was ambassador to the Soviet Union or below in the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). He was also accredited as Ambassador to Mongolia. In January 1994 he was appointed ambassador to Indonesia. As such, he was at the same time and December 1996 accredited in Papua New Guinea.

In January 1997, his appeal was ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. In this office he held until 2001. Subsequently, he was initially assigned for a short time as ambassador to the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry and at the same time the State Secretariat Prime Minister's Office. He was also a consultant in diplomatic issues in the State Secretariat Office of the Minister of Trade and the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives during this time.

Upon completion of this activity, he was between 2001 and 2004 Ambassador to Japan. This was followed by his accreditation as ambassador to the United States.

On 20 December 2008, he received King Bhumibol Adulyadej appointed foreign minister in the cabinet of new Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Thus, the new cabinet was a member of a senior diplomat who expressly approved of the airport blockade and had supported the actions of the opposition People 's Alliance for Democracy ( PAD ). His assessment of the airport blockade as " Lots of Fun " but triggered an international wave of indignation.

In August 2011, the Abhisit government was replaced in the wake of the 2011 general election by the government of Yingluck Shinawatra.

Publications

• Thailand 's Rocky Path towards a full- fledged democracy. In: Bangkok May 2010 Perspectives on a Divided Thailand.. ISEAS Publishing, Singapore, 2012, pp. 161-170 ( http://www.mfa.go.th/fealac/images/ThailandUpdateDoc21.doc ).