Secretary general of asean surin pitsuwan biography

Thai politician (–)

Surin Abdul Halim bin Ismail Pitsuwan^[2][3] (Thai: สุรินทร์ พิศสุวรรณ; Jawi: سورين عبدالحاليم بن اسماعيل ڤيتسووان; October 28, – November 30, ) was a Thai diplomat and politician of Malay descent who served as the 12th secretary-general of ASEAN between and

Early years

Surin studied at Thammasat University, Thailand, where he received his BA in political science.^[2] He graduated cum laude from Claremont Mens College, California, in political science in With the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, he went on to pursue his studies at Harvard University, receiving his MA in He spent one and a half years studying Arabic and doing research at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, from to From to , he was a researcher for the Human Rights Studies Program, Thai Studies Institute, and the Ford Foundation at Thammasat University.

He became a congressional fellow under the sponsorship of the American Political S