Pasuk Phongpaichit, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Pasuk Phongpaichit

thai economist

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1946

Place of Birth: Thailand

Profession: economist, university teacher

Nationality: Thailand

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Pasuk Phongpaichit (Thai: ????? ??????????, RTGS: Phasuk Phongphaichit, born 11 February 1946) is a Thai economist.
A professor at Chulalongkorn University, she is the author of several books on corruption in Thailand. Pasuk earned BA and MA degrees in economics at Monash University in Australia, and received her PhD at Cambridge University in England.
Her books include A History of Thailand, Thaksin: The Business of Politics in Thailand, and Thailand's Crisis (with Chris Baker), and Guns, Girls, Gambling, Ganja (with Sungsidh Piriyarangsan and Nualnoi Treerat). A critic of former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra, she was appointed an advisor to the military junta that overthrew his government, but declined the position. Pasuk was the recipient of the 2017 Fukuoka Prize together with her spouse and collaborator, Chris Baker.
The prize is awarded annually to those who have made outstanding contributions to academia, arts, and culture in Asia.