Kittiratt Na-Ranong กิตติรัตน์ ณ ระนอง |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand | |
In office 9 August 2011 – 7 May 2014 |
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Prime Minister | Yingluck Shinawatra |
Preceded by | Trairong Suwankiri |
Succeeded by | Pridiyathorn Devakula |
Finance Minister of Thailand | |
In office 18 January 2012 – 7 May 2014 |
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Prime Minister | Yingluck Shinawatra |
Preceded by | Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala |
Succeeded by | Sommai Pasi |
Minister of Commerce | |
In office 9 August 2011 – 18 January 2012 |
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Prime Minister | Yingluck Shinawatra |
Personal details | |
Born | August 3, 1958 |
Nationality | Thai |
Political party | Pheu Thai Party |
Alma mater | Chulalongkorn University |
Profession |
Economist Politician |
Religion | Buddhism |
Kittiratt Na-Ranong (Thai: กิตติรัตน์ ณ ระนอง; rtgs: Kittirat Na Ranong; born 3 August 1958) is a Thai manager and politician. He was a Deputy Prime Minister in Yingluck Shinawatra's cabinet. Additionally, he led the Ministry of Commerce until January 2012 and then served as Finance Minister until May 2014.
Kittiratt attended the Assumption College and the Triam Udom Suksa School in Bangkok. He studied economics at the Chulalongkorn University, graduating with a bachelor in 1980. He later studied for an MBA at the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration.
Kittiratt has held the position of managing director of the (SET) for five years. Afterwards he became director of the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He was a vice director of the Sasin Graduate Institute and president of the private Shinawatra University, founded by the former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Moreover, he has managed the Thai national football team for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.