Nitiphumthanat Ming-rujiralai นิติภูมิธณัฐ มิ่งรุจิราลัย |
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Born |
Boonchuay Youprom 5 June 1960 Trat, Thailand |
Nationality | Thai |
Alma mater |
Ramkhamhaeng University Thammasat University Lomonosov Moscow State University |
Occupation |
Politician Columnist Business Owner |
Children | Natipoom, Mathavi, Nitinagin, Phanwalai, Kasamon, Jattari and Nodthaleudee |
Parent(s) | Ming Youprom Chean Youprom |
Website | http://www.facebook.com/nitiphumthanat1959 |
Nitiphumthanat Ming-rujiralai (Thai: นิติภูมิธณัฐ มิ่งรุจิราลัย; born 5 June 1960) is a Thai politician and newspaper columnist.
Nitiphumthanat Ming-rujiralai is a Thai politician and a newspaper columnist. He was born on 5th June 1960 in Trat Province but brought up in Chantaburi Province. It is believed that in his ancestral line that there is one man from India and a woman from China. His great grandmother was a Chinese lady whose surname was, Li.
On 15th September 2016 the Most Venerable Somdet Phra Wannarat, Abbot of Wat Bowonniwet Vihara who was also born in Trat, changed his name from Nitipoom Navaratna (นิติภูมิ นวรัตน์) to Nitiphumthanat Ming-rujiralai in order to continue the legacy of his late father Mr. Ming.
Nitiphumthanat studied at Wat Sueng Lang School (Buddhist Temple School) in Khlung district, also at Sriharuthai Catholic School and Khlung Ratchadapisek School. He moved to Trattrakankhun School, Trat Province and to Benchamarachuthit School, Chantaburi Province. He also spent one year as a Rotary youth exchange student at St. Arnaud High School (now known as St. Arnaud Secondary College) in rural Victoria, Australia.
Nitiphumthanat graduated bachelor's degree from the department of International Relations, Faculty of Political science, Ramkhamhaeng University, master's degree in Public administration, Thammasat University and doctorate (Ph.D) in History from the Institute of Asian and African studies (ISSA), Moscow State University. His Ph D dissertation was titled ‘Changes and developments in political views of military governments of Burma in 1962 – 1997’ which he wrote and defended in English and was translated into Russian.
From 2005 Nitiphumthanat devoted 10 years of his life to studying at six of the most prestigious colleges in the country. Firstly, he attended the Royal Thai Army War College (Batch 51), a college which admits only army personnel with a rank of colonel or above, where he studied for one full-time year. He graduated with distinction after writing his thesis "The Instilling of Virtue and Morality in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam". He then studied at the National Justice Academy (Batch 11) for a year where his graduation thesis was entitled "Law related to power of duty of the city law enforcement officers in Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. The study is focused on the law related to supervision of construction works and ensuring order of the city".