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Kantathi Suphamongkhon | |
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กันตธีร์ ศุภมงคล | |
 Kantathi Suphamongkhon in 2008 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 11 March 2005 – 19 September 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Thaksin Shinawatra |
| Preceded by | Surakiart Sathirathai |
| Succeeded by | Nitya Pibulsonggram |
| Thailand Trade Representative | |
| In office March 2001 – March 2005 | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 2001–2005 | |
| Director of Policy and Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1992–1994 | |
| Representative of Thailand at the United Nations, New York | |
| In office 1987–1991 | |
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| Born | April 3, 1952 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Political party | Thai Rak Thai Party |
| Spouse | Soparvan Suphamongkhon |
| Children | Renee Dootsdi Suphamongkhon |
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Kantathi Suphamongkhon (Thai กันตธีร์ ศุภมงคล, born 3 April 1952) is a Thai diplomat, politician, university professor and a real estate developer. He served as the 39th minister of foreign affairs of Thailand from 11 March 2005 until the military coup d'état on 19 September 2006. In that capacity, he also served as chairman of the Human Security Network, established in 1999 as an association of countries working to promote the concept of human security as a feature of national and international public policy.[1][2][3]
While foreign minister, Kantathi enhanced Thailand's diplomatic role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and in the world at large. He advanced Thailand's constructive role in global affairs. Among other things, while in Pyongyang on several occasions, Kantathi encouraged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) or North Korea to enter or resume the Six-Party Talks. He had been to the DPRK several times and has worked closely with the then U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the People's Republic of China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, and the Republic of Korea's Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon, with the goal of maintaining peace and security on the Korean Peninsula.[4][5]
Kantathi has been appointed University of California Regents' Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as well as senior fellow at the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA. As distinguished professor of law and diplomacy, he taught law, diplomacy and international trade at UCLA from 2007 until 2014 in various departments and schools, namely department of political science, International Institute and Anderson School of Management. Kantathi is presently a member of the advisory board of the RAND Corporation Center for Asia Pacific Policy.[6]
- ^ Lecture by Kantathi Suphamongkhon, Ph.D.
- ^ interview with Dr. Kantathi Suphamongkhon
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- ^ Delegates from University of California, Los Angeles visit PSU Hat Yai Campus
- ^ MFA Spokesman's Comments - Minister George Yeo's meeting with Thai Foreign Minister Dr Kantathi Suphamongkhon
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