Narong Wongwan

Narong Wongwan
ณรงค์ วงศ์วรรณ
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
In office
7 April 1992 – 9 June 1992
Prime MinisterSuchinda Kraprayoon
Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives
In office
7 May 1983 – 5 August 1986
Prime MinisterPrem Tinsulanonda
Preceded byChuan Leekpai
Succeeded byHan Leelanon
Personal details
Born(1925-12-25)25 December 1925
Phrae, Siam
Died10 September 2020(2020-09-10) (aged 94)
Chiang Mai, Thailand
NationalityThai
Political party
SpouseUrai Wongwan

Narong Wongwan (Thai: ณรงค์ วงศ์วรรณ; 25 December 1925 – 10 September 2020) was a Thai politician and tobacco industrialist. He was a long-term member of parliament representing Phrae, leader of the Solidarity Party and the Justice Unity Party. He was publicly known as the "godfather" (jao pho) of Phrae[1][2] or even "godfather of the North".[3][4]

  1. ^ Pasuk Phongpaichit; Sungsidh Piriyarangsan (1996), Corruption & Democracy in Thailand, Silkworm Books, pp. 80–81
  2. ^ Ockey, James (2004), Making Democracy: Leadership, Class, Gender, and Political Participation in Thailand, University of Hawai'i Press, pp. 40, 203
  3. ^ LoGerfo, James P. (2000), "Beyond Bangkok: The Provincial Middle Class in the 1992 Protests", Money & Power in Provincial Thailand, NIAS Publishing, p. 232
  4. ^ Fabre, Guilhem (2003), Criminal Prosperity: Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Financial Crisis after the Cold War, Routledge, p. 122