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Later, the family moved to Bangkok, became involved in the transportation of construction material and then founded their own construction business. Retrieved 2012-01-29.

  • ^"The Cabinet". My English language skills were weak, and I didn't have enough self-confidence. Nevertheless, the Thai People's Party joined Chatichai's government coalition and Suwat was made deputy minister of communication and transport.

    They sold on a floating market in Ratchaburi Province. When he called on me, I sat mute, with a puzzled look on my face. Also in 1992, the government provided Suwat's firm with a lucrative contract to upgrade the "Friendship Highway".

    From 1994 to 1995, he was Minister of Science under Chuan Leekpai, from 1996 to 1997 Minister of Transport under Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, and from 1998 to 2000 Minister of Industry in the second government of Chuan Leekpai.

    Until my district elected me as their representative to the Thai parliament, I was not very interested in politics. AAAS. He has held different cabinet posts in several governments since 1988, including deputy prime minister, and is the de facto leader of the Chart Pattana Party while his brother Tewan Liptapallop serves as its official leader.

    After two weeks of this, Dr. Yoder was certain that I was wasting my parents' money, so he asked a Thai Ph.D. Most of the projects were in the province of Nakhon Ratchasima (Khorat), so the company and family that were responsible for building infrastructure and hospitals won considerable influence there.[1]

    Suwat Liptapanlop holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Kasetsart University in Bangkok and a Master of Science from Purdue University in the US state of Indiana.

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    He provided the Liptapanlops' company with military construction contracts. In his Nakhon Ratchasima constituency, he could even defeat prime minister-to-be Chatichai Choonhavan. Discover. Suwat's father was an associate of General Arthit Kamlang-ek, from 1982 to 1986 commander-in-chief of the Thai army.

    Moreover, he is the president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand and a member of the board of directors of the International Tennis Federation for the period 2011-13.[10] He was the president of the local organising committee for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Thailand.[11]

    Since 2011, Liptapanlop has served on the Leadership Council for Concordia, a nonpartisan, nonprofit based in New York City focused on promoting effective public-private collaboration to create a more prosperous and sustainable future.

    I had never traveled to a Western country before, and the English I had studied didn't sound much like the way people were speaking, so I felt quite lost. Retrieved 15 October 2019.

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    Suwat Liptapanlop

    For his inspirational leadership as a transportation engineer and civil servant, the Schools of Engineering are proud to present the Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award to Suwat Liptapanlop.

    Member of Parliament (Thailand)
    MSCE 1977

    On coming to America

    When I came to Purdue there were 19 other Thai students, all on Thai government scholarships, destined to become civil servants.