Suriya Jungrungreangkit
Suriya Jungrungreangkit (Thai: สุริยะ จึงรุ่งเรืองกิจ; rtgs: Suriya Chuengrungruengkit, born December 10, 1954) is a Thai politician of the Thai Rak Thai party. Since 2002 he is the Minister of Transport of Thailand. He is of Thai Chinese descent.
Born in Bangkok, he learned at the Triam Udom Suksa School, Phrayathai, and studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering in 1978. After working for various car companies in Thailand, he was appointed as Transport minister on October 3, 2002. On March 11, 2005 he started the second term in office.
In 2003, Mr. Jungrungreangkit paid $95,200 for a lucky license plate for his son's car: 9999.
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- (Chinese) 泰国华裔地位高 出过好几任总理真正的一等公民
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