Somkid Jatusripitak

Somkid Jatusripitak
สมคิด จาตุศรีพิทักษ์
Somkid Jatusripitak in 2006
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
In office 20 August 2015 – 14 July 2020
Prime Minister	Prayut Chan-o-cha
In office 11 March 2005 – 19 September 2006
Prime Minister	Thaksin Shinawatra
In office 8 February 2003 – 10 March 2004
Prime Minister	Thaksin Shinawatra
In office 9 October 2001 – 3 October 2002
Prime Minister	Thaksin Shinawatra
Minister of Finance
In office 10 March 2004 – 2 August 2005
Prime Minister	Thaksin Shinawatra
Preceded by	Suchart Chaovisith
Succeeded by	Thanong Bidaya
In office 17 February 2001 – 8 February 2003
Prime Minister	Thaksin Shinawatra
Preceded by	Tarin Nimmanahaeminda
Succeeded by	Suchart Chaovisith
Minister of Commerce
In office 3 August 2005 – 19 September 2006
Prime Minister	Thaksin Shinawatra
Preceded by	Thanong Bidaya
Succeeded by	Krirk-krai Jirapaet
Personal details
Born	(1953-07-15) 15 July 1953 (age 71) Bangkok, Thailand
Political party	Sang Anakot Thai (2022-present)
Other political affiliations	Thai Rak Thai (1998-2007) Chart Pattana (2007-2011) Palang Pracharath (2018-2020)
Spouse	Aruratchani Jatusripitak
Alma mater	Thammasat University NIDA Northwestern University
Profession	Economist politician
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Somkid Jatusripitak (Thai: สมคิด จาตุศรีพิทักษ์, RTGS: Somkhit Chatusiphithak, Chinese: 曾汉光;^[1] born 15 July 1953) is a Thai economist, business theorist, and politician.

A mentee of Philip Kotler, he has (co-)authored books on competitiveness and taught marketing at Thai universities. He was a co-founder and leader of the Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT) and was mainly responsible for developing the party's progressive and reformist economic and social platform. After the party's electoral victory, he served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, and Minister of Commerce in Thaksin Shinawatra's government. Following the coup d'état in 2006, the junta chose him as an economic envoy, advocating the royally-endorsed "self-sufficiency" economic agenda.

As one of 111 executive members of the TRT, he was banned from political activities for five years after the 2006 coup d'état.^[2]

After another military coup in 2014, he served as the junta's advisor on foreign economic relations. Since September 2014 he has been a full member of the so-called National Council for Peace and Order.