Nitya Pibulsonggram

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Nitya Pibulsonggram ( Thai นิตย์ พิบูล สงคราม , RTGS : Nit Phibunsongkhram; born June 30, 1941 in Bangkok ; † May 24, 2014 ibid) was a Thai diplomat who was, among other things, Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1988 to 1996 and from 1996 to 2000 Ambassador to the USA . From 2006 to 2008 he was his country's foreign minister .

Life

Diplomatic career

Nitya Pibulsonggram, the youngest son of long-time prime minister and Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsonggram (or Phibunsongkhram), completed after school at Bangkok Christian College and the Wilbraham Academy in the State of Massachusetts to study Governance at Dartmouth College , he with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Governance). He then completed a postgraduate degree in political science at Brown University with a Master of Arts (MA Political Science). He married the American designer and advertising artist Patricia "Pat" Osmond, who took the Thai name Pacharin Pibulsonggram.

Nitya Pibulsonggram then joined the foreign service in 1968 and initially worked in the foreign news section of the Foreign Ministry's information department and then from 1969 to 1972 worked for the permanent representation at SEATO, which is based in Bangkok . After serving in the Politics and Planning Division of the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the State Department from 1973 to 1974 , he was Head of Division for Southeast Asia in the Ministry's Political Department from 1975 to 1976 .

In 1976 Nitya Pibulsonggram was used for the first time abroad when he was first Secretary of the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City and then Counselor and finally from 1978 to 1980 Deputy Head of the Permanent Mission of Thailand to the UN.

Ambassador and Foreign Minister

Upon his return, he became Vice Director General of the Information Department in 1980 and then Deputy Director General of the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1981, before becoming Ambassador for Special Tasks in 1982. From 1983 to 1987 he was Director General of the Department for International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 1988 Nitya Pibulsonggram returned to New York City and was head of the Permanent Mission to the UN for eight years until 1996. He then served as ambassador to the USA between 1996 and 2000 and permanent secretary from 2000 to 2001, making him the highest official of the State Department.

After retiring from the foreign service, Nitya Pibulsonggram was an advisor to the then Foreign Ministers Surakiart Sathirathai and Kantathi Suphamongkhon between October 2001 and September 2006 and also chief negotiator for a free trade agreement with the USA from November 2003 until his resignation in January 2006.

At the same time he was also active in the private sector and, among other things, was director of Thai Plastic and Chemicals Public Company Limited from September 2004 until his death . He also acted as chairman of the board of trustees of the Kenan Institute of Asia KIASIA.

After the coup on September 22, 2006 , the military installed Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont appointed him on October 8, 2006 as foreign minister in the transitional cabinet. He held this office until February 6, 2008. He was succeeded by Noppadon Pattama .

Nitya Pibulsonggram died of complications from an intracerebral hemorrhage in the Bamrungrad Hospital in Bangkok.

Awards

Nitya Pibulsonggram has received several awards for his many years of diplomatic and political services and received, among other things, the Grand Cross and the Grand Cordon at the special level of the White Elephant Order and the Knight's Cross with Grand Cordon at the special level of the Order of the Crown of Thailand . He was also awarded the King Bhumibol Adulyadej's Royal Cypher Medal as well as the Officer's Cross and the Grand Commander of the Order of Chula Chom Klao .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Supalak Ganjanakhundee: Retired diplomat Nitya to retain foreign policies. ( Memento from September 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: The Nation , October 10, 2006.
  2. ↑ Cora Sukhyanga: Healthy cereal, healthy mind - Pat Pibulsonggram. In: The Nation , September 21, 2003.
  3. ^ Barry Leonard (editor): Diplomatic List: Foreign Diplomatic Staffs in the US, 2000 , p. 68, ISBN 0-7881-8997-2 , 2000
  4. ^ Government appointed after coup in Thailand. Although there are only two ex-generals in the new cabinet, the fear of military interference remains . In: taz of October 10, 2006
Note on Thai names : This article addresses people by their first name.
personal data
SURNAME Nitya Pibulsonggram
ALTERNATIVE NAMES นิตย์ พิบูล สงคราม (Thai)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Thai Ambassador and Foreign Minister
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Bangkok
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 2014
Place of death Bangkok