Uttama Savanayana ( th, อุตตม สาวนายน, born 19 May 1960) is a Thai politician. He served as

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in the second cabinet of Prime Minister

Prayut Chan-o-cha Prayut Chan-o-cha (sometimes spelled Prayuth Chan-ocha; th, ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา, ; born 21 March 1954) is a Thai politician and retired Royal Thai Army, army officer who has served as the Prime Minister of T ...

. He resigned in July 2020. On 19 January 2022, Savanayana formed a new party called Sang Anakot Thai (Building Thailand's Future) along with

Sontirat Sontijirawong Sontirat Sontijirawong ( th, สนธิรัตน์ สนธิจิรวงศ์; born 19 March 1960) is a former Thai politician. He served as Ministry of Energy (Thailand), Minister of Energy in the Second Prayut cabinet, second cabin ...

Early life and education

Uttam Saanayana was born on 19 May 1960 to be the son of Lek and Ya Yee Savanayana. He graduated from primary and secondary school from Chulalongkorn University Demonstration School and bachelor's degree in electrical engineering From

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, USA. Then he studies Master of Business Administration (Finance and International Business) at

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and Ph.D. in Financial Management,

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Careers

Uttama is a private financial institution manager. He worked as a teacher in a higher education institution and become Deputy Dean of Academic Department and Lecturer in the Faculty of Finance,

National Institute of Development Administration The National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) th, สถาบันบัณฑิตพัฒนบริหารศาสตร์) is a public graduate university in Thailand under the Commission on Higher Education, the Mini ...

and was appointed rector of

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in June 2015. He was an advisor to the Minister of Finance,

Somkid Jatusripitak Somkid Jatusripitak ( th, สมคิด จาตุศรีพิทักษ์, , ; born 15 July 1953) is a Thai economist, business theorist, and politician. A mentee of Philip Kotler, he has (co-)authored books on competitiveness and ta ...

and Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister's Office. Later in 2015, he was appointed Minister of Information and Communication Technology in the government of

but submitted a resignation letter on 12 September 2016 to have the appointment of the Digital Economy and Society Minister, a ministry to be established. He was appointed as an advisor to the Prime Minister on 15 September 2016. In December 2016, he was appointed Minister of Industry and Minister of Finance respectively.

Royal decorations

* 2017 - Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted

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* 2020 - Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of The Most Noble

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References

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