Kantathi Suphamongkhon

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Kantathi Suphamongkhon Biography

Kantathi Suphamongkhon (Thai กันตธีร์ ศุภมงคล, born 3 April 1952) is a Thai diplomat, politician, university professor and a real estate developer. He served as foreign minister of Thailand during the administration of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from 11 March 2005 until the military coup d’état on 19 September 2006. In that capacity, he also served as chairman of the Human Security Network, established in 1999 as an association of countries working to promote the concept of human security as a feature of national and international public policy.

Kantathi was elected member of the Thai Parliament for two terms (1995 and again 2001). Prior to entering politics, he was a career diplomat in Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Thailand) for 10 years (1985–1995), four of which were spent as a representative of Thailand to the United Nations in New York (1987–1992). His diplomatic career began in the ministry’s International Organizations Department where he focused on the United Nations when Thailand was serving its two years as a member of the United Nations Security Council. Later on, Kantathi worked in the Political Affairs Department. In 1992, he was Adviser on Foreign Affairs to the Speaker of the House Representatives in the Thai Parliament. Kantathi was also director of the Policy and Planning Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during 1993-1994.

From 2001 – 2005 Kantathi was Thailand’s trade representative, a position with cabinet rank, until he became foreign minister. His geographic responsibilities included Europe, North and South America, Australia, and New Zealand.

Kantathi has been appointed University of California Regents’ Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as well as Senior Fellow at the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA. As Distinguished Professor of Law and Diplomacy, he taught law, diplomacy and international trade at UCLA from 2007 until 2014 in various departments and schools, namely Department of Political Science, International Institute and Anderson School of Management. Kantathi is presently a member of the Advisory Board of the RAND Corporation Center for Asia Pacific Policy.

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