Join us on Tuesday, February 24, at 11 am for our Ambassador Speaker series featuring His Excellency, Dr. Suriya Chindawongse, Ambassador of Thailand to the U.S., at the Burns Auditorium at the State Department (320 21st St. entrance, NW, Washington, DC).
Please bring the ID you used to register with you to the event.
Ambassador Chindawongse will speak on “An overview of Thai and American Relations.”
Excellency Dr. Suriya Chindawongse Biography
His Excellency Dr. Suriya Chindawongse has served as
the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to the United States since June 2024.
After a brief stint as Assistant Manager at Citibank, Thailand from 1992, he joined
the Thai Foreign Service in 1993. His diplomatic career spans over
three decades, with key roles including Speechwriter and Interpreter for several
Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers, Director-General of the Department of
ASEAN Affairs during Thailand’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2019, Ambassador to
the Republic of Singapore from 2020 to 2021, and Permanent Representative to
the United Nations from 2021 to 2024 where he also served as Vice-President of
the Economic and Social Council (2021-2022), Vice-President of the Board of UN
Women (2022-2023), Co-Chair of the High-Level Meeting on Universal Health
Coverage Outcome Document (2023), and Chair of the Sixth (Legal) Committee of
the UN (2023-2024). He received his M.A.L.D. in 1989 and Ph.D. in 1993 from
the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University in Massachusetts, and
a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude with majors in International Affairs, and
Economics and Business, and a minor in Mathematics in 1987, from Lafayette
College, Pennsylvania. Dr. Suriya Chindawongse has served as teaching assistants
and lecturers at academic institutions in the U.S. and Thailand, and was inducted
into the Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha and Omicron Delta Epsilon honor
societies. In addition to his professional interests, Ambassador Chindawongse is
passionate about chess, mathematics, guitar playing and songwriting.
Disclaimer
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