Surin Pitsuwan
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Surin Pitsuwan สุรินทร์ พิศสุวรรณ Surin Abdul Halim bin Ismail Pitsuwan سورين عبدالحاليم بن اسماعيل ڤيتسووان MPCh MWM |
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| 12th Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations | |
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In office 1 January 2008 – 31 December 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Ong Keng Yong |
| Succeeded by | Le Luong Minh |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand | |
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In office 14 November 1997 – 14 February 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Chuan Leekpai |
| Preceded by | Prajuab Chaisan |
| Succeeded by | Surakiart Sathirathai |
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October 28, 1949 Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand |
| Political party | Democrat Party |
| Alma mater |
Thammasat University Harvard University |
| Profession | Diplomat |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Website | http://www.asean.org/SG.htm |
Surin Pitsuwan (Thai: สุรินทร์ พิศสุวรรณ; Malay: Surin Abdul Halim bin Ismail Pitsuwan;Yawi: سورين عبدالحاليم بن اسماعيل ڤيتسووان; born 28 October 1949) is a longtime Thai politician. He was born in Nakhon Si Thammarat, into an assimilated Thai family of Malay descent.
Surin studied at Thammasat University, Thailand. He graduated cum laude from Claremont McKenna College, California, in political science in 1972. From 1977 until 1980, he was a researcher for the Human Rights Studies Program, Thai Studies Institute and the Ford Foundation, Thammasat University, and from 1974 until 1978, he was a fellow of The Rockefeller Fellowship Program, The Rockefeller Foundation, Harvard University and American University, Cairo. Surin Pitsuwan earned a Master of Arts from Harvard University and did research at the American University in Cairo as a scholar of the Institute of Higher Council for Islamic Affairs of Egypt from 1975 until 1977 before returning to Harvard, where he received a Ph.D. in 1982.
Surin Pitsuwan was elected Member of Parliament from Nakhon Si Thammarat for the first time in 1986 and became Secretary to the Speaker of the House of Representatives the same year. In 1988, he was appointed Assistant Secretary to the Minister of Interior. From 1992 until 1995, he served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs before becoming Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1997, serving in this capacity until 2001. Surin Pitsuwan was Chairman of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum from 1999 until 2000.
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