3. Past Professional Positions

Dr Kriengsak Chareonwongsak spent the first 20 years of his career as an academic combined with various appointed positions as advisor to various Prime Ministers ,Deputy Prime Minister, various Ministers and President of Thailandrsquo;s National Parliament and National Assembly, but in 2001, with his election to the National Economic and Social Advisory Council (NESAC), one of Thailandrsquo;s most influential constitutional autonomous bodies, began to transition into a more strictly exclusive focus on public role. This transition was formalized with his election as a Member of Parliament in Feb 2005 and elected to be a key senior leader and on the executive board of the oldest and most established political party in Thailand.

Date	Position	Institution	Responsibilities
Feb 2005 Feb 2006	Member of Parliament (Party List)	Democrat Party, Thailand	Vice-Chair, Standing Committee on Economic Development, The House of Representatives Chair, Parliamentary Sub-committee on Macroeconomic and International Economics, The House of Representatives Sub-committee on Agricultural Economics Development, The House of Representatives Special Committee examining the Ubonratchathani University Act (draft version), The House of Representatives Special Committee examining the Mahidol University Act (draft version), The House of Representatives
Feb 2005 Feb 2006	Member of Parliament (Party List)	Democrat Party, Thailand	Vice-Chair, Standing Committee on Economic Development, The House of Representatives Chair, Parliamentary Sub-committee on Macroeconomic and International Economics, The House of Representatives Sub-committee on Agricultural Economics Development, The House of Representatives Special Committee examining the Ubonratchathani University Act (draft version), The House of Representatives Special Committee examining the Mahidol University Act (draft version), The House of Representatives
Sept 2001 Sept 2005	Eminent Person amp;Member	National Economic and Social Advisory Council (NESAC)	Chair, Education, Religion, Arts and Culture Commission (NESAC) Vice Chair, Economic, Commerce and Industry Commission (NESAC)
1985 - 2005	Executive Director	Institute of Future Studies for Development	Founded and established the first private research think tank in Thailand Developed IFD into one of the premier research non-government institutes in Thailand