Chalongphob Sussangkarn
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Chalongphob Sussangkarn was the President of the Thailand Development Research Institute and is the current Minister of Finance in Surayud Chulanont's military junta. He replaced Pridiyathorn Devakula after Pridiyathorn abrubtly resigned. Chalongphob joined several other TDRI-affiliated individuals who had Cabinet-level seats in the junta, including Deputy Prime Minister and Industry Minister Kosit Panpiemras and Energy Minister Piyasvasti Amranand. Prior to joining the cabinet, Chalongphob had no experience in government.
Chalongphob's policy stance was pro-business, and included:
- Being against the Surayud government's capital control policy,
- Support for greater liberalization of foreign investment in Thailand, and
- Being against the Thaksin government's populist economic policies.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ The Nation, Chalongphob a pro-market academic for a reeling economy 9 March 2007
