Korn Dabbaransi
| Korn Dabbaransi | |
|---|---|
| กร ทัพพะรังสี | |
| Deputy Prime Minister | |
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In office 5 March 2002 – 8 November 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Thaksin Shinawatra |
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In office 5 October 1998 – 9 November 2000 |
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| Prime Minister | Chuan Leekpai |
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In office 25 November 1996 – 9 November 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | Chavalit Yongchaiyudh |
| Minister of Science and Technology | |
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In office 10 March 2004 – 1 August 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Thaksin Shinawatra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1945 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Political party | Thai Nation Party (1974–92, 2007–08) Pracharaj (2007) Thai Rak Thai (2003–07) National Development (1992-2003) |
| Alma mater | University of Massachusetts |
Korn Dabbaransi (Thai: กร ทัพพะรังสี, rtgs: Kon Thappharangsi, alternatively transcribed as Thapparangsi or Dabaransi, Thai pronunciation: [kɔːn tʰáppʰáraŋsǐː]; born 14 September 1945) is a Thai politician. He was the leader of the National Development Party from 1998 to 2003. Korn served as Vice Prime Minister and as minister in several governments.
Korn Dapparansi is a nephew of former Thai prime minister Chatichai Choonhavan. He has graduated from the University of Massachusetts.
He entered politics in 1974, representing the Thai Nation Party of his uncles Chatichai and Pramarn Adireksarn. Korn served as Deputy Minister of Industry in the government of General Prem Tinsulanonda from 1986 to 1988. He was a minister to the Office of Prime Minister in his uncle Chatichai's cabinet from 1990 to 1991. After the military coup d'état of 1991, he was again Minister to the Office of Prime Minister in the short-lived military-backed government of Suchinda Kraprayoon. After the events of the Black May 1992, that toppled the Suchinda administration, he left the Thai Nation Party and founded the National Development Party, together with Chatichai.
In December 1994, Korn was again appointed Minister to the Office of Prime Minister by Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai, he held that position until the government lost its majority in 1995. In Chavalit Yongchaiyudh's coalition government, Korn held the position of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry from 1996 to 1997. In 1998, Korn took over the chairmanship of the National Development Party from Chatichai. In October of that year, he was made Deputy Prime Minister again under Chuan Leekpai, holding the public health portfolio additionally.
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