Narong Wongwan | |
|---|---|
ณรงค์ วงศ์วรรณ | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand | |
| In office 7 April 1992 – 9 June 1992 | |
| Prime Minister | Suchinda Kraprayoon |
| Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives | |
| In office 7 May 1983 – 5 August 1986 | |
| Prime Minister | Prem Tinsulanonda |
| Preceded by | Chuan Leekpai |
| Succeeded by | Han Leelanon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 December 1925 Phrae, Siam |
| Died | 10 September 2020 (aged 94) Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Political party | |
| Spouse | Urai 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]
- ^ 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