Narong Wongwan
Narong Wongwan (Thai: ณรงค์ วงศ์วรรณ; 25 December 1925 – 10 September 2020) was a Thai politician and tobacco businessman. He was a long-term member of parliament representing Phrae.
He was the leader of the United Thai 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]
From 1983 to 1986, he was the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives. In 1992 for a short time, he was the Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand.
Wongwan died on 10 September 2020 at a hospital in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand from dementia, aged 94.[5]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Pasuk Phongpaichit; Sungsidh Piriyarangsan (1996), Corruption & Democracy in Thailand, Silkworm Books, pp. 80–81
- ↑ Ockey, James (2004), Making Democracy: Leadership, Class, Gender, and Political Participation in Thailand, University of Hawai'i Press, pp. 40, 203
- ↑ LoGerfo, James P. (2000), "Beyond Bangkok: The Provincial Middle Class in the 1992 Protests", Money & Power in Provincial Thailand, NIAS Publishing, p. 232
- ↑ Fabre, Guilhem (2003), Criminal Prosperity: Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Financial Crisis after the Cold War, Routledge, p. 122
- ↑ สิ้นแล้ว "ณรงค์ วงศ์วรรณ" ตำนานว่าที่นายกฯ ก่อนพฤษภาทมิฬ นอนป่วยติดเตียงกว่า 8 ปี (in Thai)
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