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Nitipoom Navaratna (Template:Lang-th), (Thai Politician) born 1960, is a columnist and Senator-elect of the Kingdom of Thailand. He is noted for his anti-privatization, anti-globalization, and anti-GMO views. He also got the most voted senator in the year 2006 and is a member of Legislative Assembly.

Biography of Nitipoom Navaratna

Born : 5th June 1960, Trat Province, Eastern Thailand

Son of : Mr. Meing Youprom and Mrs. Chean Youprom

Education

- Wat Sueng Lang School (Buddhist Temple Primary School), Khlung District, Chanthaburi Province, Eastern Thailand
- Sriharuthai School (Catholic Primary School), Khlung District, Chanthaburi Province, Eastern Thailand (www.sriharuthai.ac.th)
- Khlung Ratchadapisek School, Khlung District, Chanthaburi Province, Eastern Thailand (www.krp.ac.th)
- Trattrakankhun School, Muang District, Trat Province, Eastern Thailand (www.tkschool.ac.th)
- Benchamarchuthit School Chanthaburi, Muang District, Chanthaburi Province, Eastern Thailand (www.bj.ac.th)
- St. Arnaud High School, Victoria, Australia (Rotary Exchange Student) now known as St. Arnaud Secondary College, Central Highlands, Wimmera Region, Smith Street,
St. Arnaud 3478 (www.st.arnuad.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au)
- School of Languages, Royal Australian Air Force, Point Cook, Victoria, Australia
- Certificate in Co-operative Studies, Department of Co-operative Promotions, Ministry of Agriculture, Bangkok, Thailand

Tertiary Studies

Political Science Graduate
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science Major: International Relations; Minor: History Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand

Law student
Law faculty, London University, United Kingdom Student number: U 927066998 (not completed)

Urban Planning Student
Urban Planning Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Student number: B 735197 (not completed)

Political Science Graduate
Master of Arts in Political Science Major: Public Administration Thammasart University, Bangkok, Thailand

History Doctorate
Doctor of Philosophy in History Institute of Asian and African Studies Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Defended the thesis on 14th November 1997 – title : ‘The Evolution of Political Views and Policies of Military Governments of Burma , 1962-1997’ Degree number ктп 003699, 20th February, 1998

Army War College Graduate
Royal Thai Army War College Institute of Advanced Military Studies, Class 51, 2005-2006
Certificate and Medal from His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej on 10th May 1997

National Academy of Criminal Justice Graduate
National Academy of Criminal Justice Graduate Judicial Training Institute
Senior Executives on Criminal Justice Administration Class 11, 2006-2007

Capital Market Academy of Thailand
Thailand Stock Exchange Class 5, 2007

Positions Held

1981 Civil Servant, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
1982-2008 Founder/Advisor and former Chairman of Balance Group of Companies and Tutoring School named Balance (Tutor Moo) which has enrolled over 100,000 students in 25 years
1985-1994 Royal Thai Police Department with position of Police Captain and resigned to stand as a member of Parliament for Bangkok
1996-2003 Lecturer in Negotiation (BP4916) at Assumption University of Thailand with 19,963 students
1997-1999 Academic to the working group of the Opposition Leader in the House of Representatives, Thailand (Army General Chavalit Yongchaiyut; former Prime Minister of Thailand)
1997-2008 Daily International Affairs Columnist for the Thai Rath Daily Newspaper, the most read daily newspaper in Thailand with a circulation of over 12 million readers (page 2, Perd Fah Song Lok = Open Sky look at the world. It is one of the most popular International Affairs columns in Thailand and Perd Fah Pa Sa Lok = Open Sky look at languages of the world : very popular with Thai students as it shows grammars in a humorous way)
2000-2001 University Council Member for Rambhai Barni Rajabhat Institute, Chantaburi Province with 8,111 students.
2002-2008 Presenter/Director on Television and Radio.
TV Channel 3 ‘Perd Lens Song Lok’ = Open Lens Look at the World. Aired on every Friday night. This program began on ITV in 2001 and moved to Channel 3 on 9th June 2002

TV Channel 3 ‘World Beyond’ : documentaries for gathering information from other places so Thai people can make their own nation stronger. Aired on Saturday morning.

2002-2003 Board of Directors of the Bank of Agriculture Cooperatives with 13,013 staff and 4,052,539 clients
2002-2003 Chairman, Thai-Nigerian Chamber of Commerce
2002-2004 Thai International Airlines Member of the Board for Customer Service Quality Assurance
2003-2006 Director, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand : Term 1
2006-2009 Director, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand : Term 2
2005-2008 University Council Member, Chiang Mai Rajabhat University with 16,928 students
19 Apr 2006 Senator winner with the most votes, 257,420, in Thailand for a Senator from a Bangkok constituency. The term started 19th April 2006 and was due to end 18th April 2012 but ended 19th September, 2006 because of the military coup.
11 Oct 2006 Appointed by the King of Thailand as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) During this time was Member of the Commerce Committee; Chairman of the Thai-Hungarian Friendship Parliamentary Committee; Secretary for the Thai-Australian Friendship Parliamentary Committee and the Thai-Iranian Parliamentary Friendship Committee.
11 Nov 2007 Ended the term of Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for running in the elections for the Puea Pandin Party but failed to get elected due to the party being new and the people of Bangkok voted for People Power Party members or the Democrats.

Advisor Positions 1995 – 2008

Advisor to the Chairman of the Bangkok Metropolitan Assembly Mr. Saravuth Paruechabutra

Senior Advisor to the Governor of Bangkok Mr. Apirak Kosayothin

Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Mr. Preecha Laohapongchana

Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Commerce H.E. Mr. Preecha Laohapongchana

Advisor to the Minister of Science, Technology and Environment H.E. Mr. Yingpan Manasikarn

Advisor to the Minister of Culture H.E. Mr. Anurak Chureemat

Advisor to the Minister of Public Health H.E. Mrs. Sudarat Keyuraphan

Advisor to the Minister of Defense H.E. Army General Chavarit Yongchaiyut

Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Mr. Samak Sundaravej

Honours and Awards

- Awarded the certificate for Appreciation in recognition of distinguished Services and Dedication to Assumption University of Thailand on 16th November 1999
- Awarded by the Cultural Council of Kao Saming District, Trat Province to receive the award of ‘Most Outstanding Person’ for Literature in 2000.
- Awarded as an ‘Honoured Student’ at Benchamarachuthit School Chanthaburi on their 90th anniversary. The school selected 18 students from its 90 years of operations. One was a past Prime minister of Thailand (H.E. Tawee Boonyaket), another was a past Thai Ambassador to the United Nations (H.E. Chuchai Kasemsanti) and one was the former Minister of Education of Thailand (H.E. Apai Chantavimol, on 6th September 2001 .
- Awarded for International Understanding from the Thai Association for International Understanding in 2006.
- Awarded ‘Best father of the year 2006’ from Bodindecha (Sing Singhaseni) School, Bangkok, Thailand
- Awarded ‘Best father of the year 2007’ from Bodindecha (Sing Singhaseni) School, Bangkok, Thailand, www.bodin.ac.th

Decoration for Bravery FREEMAN SAFEGUARDING MEDAL (SECOND CLASS, SECOND CATEGORY)
Decoration given by the King KNIGHT COMMANDER (SECOND CLASS) OF THE MOST EXALTED ORDER OF THE WHITE ELEPHANT

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE 1978 – 2008

Studying, research, making documentary films, negotiations, guest of foreign nations :

People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria; Argentine Republic; Commonwealth of Australia; Republic of Austria; People’s Republic of Bangladesh; Republic of Benin; State of Brunei Darussalam; Republic of Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Kingdom of Cambodia; People’s Republic of China; Republic of China; Republic of Cuba; Arab Republic of Egypt; Republic of Finland; French Republic; Georgia; Federal Republic of Germany; Republic of Ghana; Hellenic Republic (Greece); Republic of Hungary; Republic of India; Republic of Indonesia; Islamic Republic of Iran; Republic of Iraq; State of Israel; Italian Republic; Japan; Hashemite Kingdom of Jordon; Republic of Kenya; Republic of Korea; State of Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan Republic; Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Kingdom of Lesotho; Republic of Madagascar; Republic of Malawi; Malaysia; Republic of Maldives; Mongolia; Republic of Mozambique; Union of Myanmar; Kingdom of Nepal; Kingdom of Netherlands; New Zealand; Federal Republic of Nigeria; Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Republic of Philippines; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Russian Federation; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; republic of Singapore; Republic of South Africa; Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Republic of Sudan; Swiss Confederation; Syrian Arab Republic; Kingdom of Thailand; Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste; Togolese Republic; Republic of Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Uzbekistan; Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

Local Experience in Thailand

1997-2008
Public Speaker to every province and most districts in the Kingdom of Thailand. Motivational speeches have been given to Chambers of Commerce, Lion’s Clubs, Rotary Clubs, Associations, Banks, Muslim Mosques, Buddhist Temples, Churches, Schools, Colleges, Universities, Cooperatives, Agricultural groups, etc. Thousands of speeches to more than 800,000 people.

Thai Rath Newspaper columnist, TV presenter and radio talks.

Correspondence:

Can be sent to Dr Nitipoom Navaratna’s Secretary’s office

200 Lake Garden Home,
Khumthong, Laad Krabang, Bangkok, Thailand 10520
Telephone + 66 (2) 704 1661, Fax + 66 (2) 704 1719
Mobile + 66 (81) 926 4419

Website :
www.nitipoom.com
www.nitipoom.co.th
www.nitipoom.net

E-mail :
nitipoom@gmail.com
nitipoomsecretary@gmail.com

Political Views

Nitipoom is a columnist for the best-selling Thai daily newspaper Thai Rath. Some of his noted political views include:

• He claimed the existence of a grouping of radical Muslim militants aiming to create a Southeast Asian Muslim federation. The core idea was to group together part of Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, southern Philippines, northern Australia and southern Thailand into the federation in a bid to counter Western nations in the long run. Nitipoom, a Muslim himself, opposed the idea.
• Nitipoom predicted that ethnic and religious strife would split Indonesia into 6-14 countries.
• He predicted that GATT and the WHO would result in Thais ordering rice from Vietnam, garlic from the China, Longan from Korea and that Thai rice would be destroyed by GMOs.
• He predicted that Thailand would split into several countries.

Early political career

Nitipoom had campaigned unsuccessfully for Parliament in Bangkok's District 8 under the Progressive Party in 1986. He also campaigned unsuccessfully in Bangkok's District 6 in the 1995 elections and Bangkok's District 7 in the 1996 elections, both times under the Prachakorn Thai Party of Samak Sundaravej. He has also lost the Provincial Administration Organization election for Nonthaburi.

Campaign for Bangkok Governor

He unsuccessfully campaigned for Governorship of Bangkok in the 2004 elections, but lost, getting only 78,000 votes.He was 6th place with 135,369 votes, losing to Apirak Kosayothin. Nitipoom had promised in his campaign to build urban motorways on which vehicles could accelerate to over 100 KM/h. Nitipoom also promised to improve government schools under the BMA by providing students with better English and Thai-language programmes. His election slogan was "Use International Intellect to Solve Bangkok's Problems" (Thai: ใช้ปัญญาสากลในการแก้ไขปัญหา กทม.)

The Mahachon Party

In 2004, after his defeat in the Bangkok Governor elections, Nitipoom joined the Mahachon Party of Sanan Kachornprasart and Anek Laothamthat.. The Mahachon party contested the 2005 legislative elections on an anti-privatization platform and suffered a stunning defeat, winning only 2 out of 500 seats.

Campaign for Senate

Nitipoom ran in the 2006 Senate elections in Bangkok, the first in Thai history. During the campaign he played a prominent part in anti-Thaksin protests, strongly attacking Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's energy privatization policy. He was one of the 18 winners in Bangkok, getting the highest number of votes (257,420).

After his victory was announced, the Thai Rak Thai Party called for his disqualification on grounds that he campaigned for votes in the anti-Thaksin rallies. Under the elections law, senatorial candidates are banned from campaigning for votes.

Financial dispute scandal

In May 2006, the secretly recorded dialogue of a telephone conversation that Nitiphoom had with a woman caught the attention of the media and the public. The telephone conversation references a THB 200 million venture between the woman and Nitiphoom, and features the woman trying to get Nitiphoom to pay her back THB 20 million. A statement released by the Balance Group, of which Nitiphoom is board chairman, blames a "third party" for trying to destroy Nitiphoom's good name. It was part of a "plot to ruin me" Nitiphoom claimed.

External references

• http://www.nitipoom.com/ Personal website (Thai)
• http://www.nitipoom.net/ Latest Personal website