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- Surin Pitsuwan is a longtime Thai politician. He was born in Nakhon Si Thammarat, into an assimilated Thai family of Malay descent. Pitsuwan studied at Thammasat University, Thailand. He graduated cum laude from Claremont McKenna College, California, in political science in 1972. From 1977 until 1980, he was a researcher for the Human Rights Studies Program, Thai Studies Institute and the Ford Foundation, Thammasat University, and from 1974 until 1978, he was a fellow of The Rockefeller Fellowship Program, The Rockefeller Foundation, Harvard University and American University, Cairo. Surin Pitsuwan earned a Master of Arts from Harvard University and did research at the American University in Cairo as a scholar of the Institute of Higher Council for Islamic Affairs of Egypt from 1975 until 1977 before returning to Harvard, where he received a Ph.D. in 1982. Surin Pitsuwan was elected Member of Parliament from Nakhon Si Thammarat for the first time in 1986 and became Secretary to the Speaker of the House of Representatives the same year. In 1988, he was appointed Assistant Secretary to the Minister of Interior. From 1992 until 1995, he served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs before becoming Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1997, serving in this capacity until 2001. Surin Pitsuwan was Chairman of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum from 1999 until 2000. In addition to his political career, he taught at Thammasart University and wrote for two English daily newspapers in Bangkok between 1980 and 1992. From 1983 until 1984, Surin Pitsuwan worked in the U.S. Congress as a Congressional Fellow, Congressional Fellowship Program, the Asia Foundation and the American Political Science Association (APSA), while at the same time teaching International Relations at the American University in Washington, D.C.. He was Academic Assistant to the Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and later to the Vice Rector for Academic Affairs at Thammasart University from 1985 until 1986. Surin Pitsuwan is a member of the Commission on Human Security, a member of the Advisory Board of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, and a member of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation. He was considered a serious candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as the U.N. Secretary-General. But, due to Thailand's internal politics, the Thai government, led by Thaksin Shinawatra at the time, decided to endorse Surakiat Sathianthai, a former foreign minister under Thaksin, to compete for the post instead. Sathianthai subsequently lost to Ban-Ki Moon. Many academics and political analysts viewed that had Thailand supported Pitsuwan's candidacy instead of Sathianthai's, the country could have had its citizen leading the United Nations. On June 18, 2007, the Thai cabinet unanimously endorsed the recommendation from the Thai Foreign Ministry for Surin Pitsuwan to be nominated as the Thai candidate to be the next Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). He was confirmed by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers during their 40th annual meeting in Manila in July 2007 and succeeded Ong Keng Yong from Singapore on January 1, 2008. His term of office is five years. The Economist magazine, commenting that most Secretary-Generals are "usually a senior regional official rewarded with the post as the crowning boondoggle in a career of not rocking the boat", states that Pitsuwan is different in that he seeks an activist role in member states. Surin Pitsuwan is the first ASEAN Secretary-General with significant political background.
- Surin Pitsuwan ist ein thailändischer Politiker. Seit 2008 ist er Generalsekretär des Verbandes Südostasiatischer Nationen (ASEAN).
- Surin Pitsuwan es un político tailandés. Pitsuwan estudió en la Universidad de Thammasart. Se graduó cum laude en Ciencias Políticas en Claremont, California, en 1972. A partir de 1977 hasta 1980, fue investigador para el Programa de Estudios de los Derechos Humanos, del Instituto de Estudios de Tailandia y la Fundación Ford, y a partir de 1974 hasta 1978, participó en el Rockefeller Fellowship Program de la Fundación Rockefeller, en la Universidad de Harvard y en la Universidad Americana de El Cairo. Master y Doctor en Artes por la Universidad de Harvard. Surin Pitsuwan fue elegido miembro del Parlamento de Tailandia por primera vez en 1986. En 1988, lo designaron para la secretaria auxiliar del Ministro del Interior. A partir de 1992 hasta 1995, fue Viceministro de Asuntos Exteriores hasta que en 1997 fue Ministro del mismo departamento hasta 2001. Fue Presidente de la Asociación de Naciones del Sureste Asiático de 1999 a 2000. Además de su carrera política, fue profesor en la Universidad de Thammasart y escribió para dos periódicos diarios en inglés editados en Bangkok (1980 - 1992). A partir de 1983 hasta 1984, Surin Pitsuwan trabajó en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos dentro de los programas de becas del Congreso, al tiempo que enseñaba Relaciones Internacionales en la Universidad Americana de Washington. Fue ayudante del Decano de la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas, y más adelante del Vicerector para Asuntos Académicos en la Universidad de Thammasart (1985 - 1986).
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- Surin Pitsuwan is a longtime Thai politician. He was born in Nakhon Si Thammarat, into an assimilated Thai family of Malay descent. Pitsuwan studied at Thammasat University, Thailand. He graduated cum laude from Claremont McKenna College, California, in political science in 1972.
- Surin Pitsuwan ist ein thailändischer Politiker. Seit 2008 ist er Generalsekretär des Verbandes Südostasiatischer Nationen (ASEAN).
- Surin Pitsuwan es un político tailandés. Pitsuwan estudió en la Universidad de Thammasart. Se graduó cum laude en Ciencias Políticas en Claremont, California, en 1972.
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