Suchart Chaovisith ( th, สุชาติ เชาว์วิศิษฐ, April 21, 1940 – October 22, 2009) was a Thai politician who served as

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Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

from 2003 until 2004 and the

Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, ...

in 2004.

Early life and education

Suchart Chaovisith was born in

Chiang Mai Province Chiang Mai ( th, เชียงใหม่, ; nod, , ) is the largest Province (''changwat'') of Thailand. It lies in upper northern Thailand and has a population of 1.78 million people. It is bordered by Chiang Rai to the northeast, Lam ...

. He graduated from

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later in 1956 he graduated from Diocesan Boys' School in Hong Kong. In the Year 1959 he graduated from GCE A' Level Bristol College of Commerce and granted a Bachelor of Economics from

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

in 1962. His government career began when he took a position in the

finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

department of the Royal Thai Army in 1966. He transferred to the Ministry of Finance in 1972, where he held a number of positions. In 1993, Suchart was appointed the deputy permanent secretary for finance. In 1997, Suchart became the

director-general A director general or director-general (plural: ''directors general'', ''directors-general'', ''director generals'' or ''director-generals'' ) or general director is a senior executive officer, often the chief executive officer, within a government ...

of Revenue Department, his last position within the Thai

civil service The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...

. Suchart joined politics as a member of the

Thai Rak Thai Party The Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT; th, พรรคไทยรักไทย, , ; "Thais Love Thais Party") was a Thai political party founded in 1998. From 2001 to 2006, it was the ruling party under its founder, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawat ...

, which has since been disbanded. He was elected as a member of the National Assembly of Thailand. He became the Minister of Finance in 2003, and was promoted to

in 2004.

Dead

Suchart Chaovisith died of

laryngeal cancer Laryngeal cancers are mostly squamous-cell carcinomas, reflecting their origin from the epithelium of the larynx. Cancer can develop in any part of the larynx. The prognosis is affected by the location of the tumour. For the purposes of staging, ...

at the

Bumrungrad International Hospital Bumrungrad International Hospital ( th, โรงพยาบาลบำรุงราษฎร์, , ; ) is a private hospital founded in 1980 in Bangkok, Thailand. More frequently referred to as Bumrungrad Hospital or simply Bumrungrad, its n ...

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on October 22, 2009, at the age of 69. His body was taken to the

Wat Debsirindrawas Ratchaworawiharn A wat ( km, វត្ត, ; lo, ວັດ, ; th, วัด, ; khb, 「ᩅᨯ᩠ᨰ」(waD+Dha); nod, 「ᩅ᩠ᨯ᩶」（w+Da2)) is a type of Buddhist temple and Hindu temple in Cambodia, Laos, East Shan State, Yunnan, the Southern Provi ...

's pavilion 14 for funeral bathing rites. His funeral rites were held for seven days after his death.

Royal decorations

* 1996 - Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant * 1993 - Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of The Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailandhttp://benet.vec.go.th/Portals/42/pdf/%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2.pdf

References

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Suchart Chaovisith Suchart Chaovisith ( th, สุชาติ เชาว์วิศิษฐ, April 21, 1940 – October 22, 2009) was a Thai politician who served as Thailand's Minister of Finance from 2003 until 2004 and the Prime Minister of Thailand#De ...

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