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Date of Birth
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09-March-1916
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Place of Birth
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Bangkok
(Thailand, Bangkok Metropolitan Region)
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Nationality
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Thailand
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Also know as
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เข้ม เย็นยิ่ง, ศาสตราจารย์ พันตรี ดร.ป๋วย à¸à¸¶à¹‰à¸‡à¸ าà¸à¸£à¸“์, ป๋วย, à¸à¸¶à¹‰à¸‡ ป้วย เคียม, Puey
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Profession
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Economist, Bureaucrat
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Puey Ungpakorn, MBE was a Thai bureaucrat who played a central role in the shaping of Thailand's economic development and in the strengthening of its system of higher education. Puey was the Governor of the Bank of Thailand for 12 years, a Dean of the Faculty of Economics, and also a rector of Thammasat University in Bangkok. Puey was a member of the Free Thai Movement during World War II. He was a Magsaysay Award winner in the field of government service in 1965.
Puey is the author of The Quality of Life of a South-East Asian: A Chronicle of Hope from Womb to Tomb or later known as From Womb to Tomb, which is still one of the most influential writings about social security in Thailand.
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