November 8, 2006

Today i wanna blog about my idols.. He's an inspiring speaker.. i remember hearing him speak as early as 1994. I was drawn by his charismatic way of delivering the message and it hits home.

Here's his profile..

Professor Dr Kriengsak Chareonwongsak obtained first class honours and a PhD in Economics from Monash University in Melbourne, Australiain 1981. He graduated Class 1 of the National Defence College for the Joint State-Private-Politics Sectors course at the National Defence College of Thailand and has also graduated in Democratic Politics and Governance for high level administrators from the esteemed King Prachatipok Institute in Thailand.

Presently, Dr Kriengsak is an elected Member of Parliament and an Executive Board Member for the Democrat Party in Thailand. He is the Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Chairman of the Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Macroeconomic and International Economics in the House of Representatives. He is the President of the Social Science Association of Thailand. He is also a Research Professor at Regent University, USA, and an Adjunct Professor at many universities both in Thailand and overseas. He is a member of the Education Council on Standard and Quality Assurance. He is also on the Social Science Committee of the National Committee for Education, Sciences and Culture for UNESCO.

As a businessman, he is Chairman of Success Group of Companies. He is the author of 100 books and as a newspaper and magazine columnist, a regular radio and television guest in news shows and political talk shows, his perspectives are often highlighted in interviews in Thailand and overseas.

Dr. Kriengsak taught at the Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, Kasetsart University, Thailand and a number of universities overseas. He was Executive Director of the Institute of Future Studies for Development (IFD), and held fifty positions in various organizations and national level councils at the national level, including a constitutional body the National Economic and Social Advisory Council (NESAC). He was advisor to the President of the National Assembly, the Minister of Culture, the Former Prime Minister, the Former Deputy Prime Minister, and Former Minister of Defence of Thailand.

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