Background
Thanong was born in Suphanburi Province.
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Career
After the military overthrew the government of Thaksin Shinawatra, he remained in Singapore where he was attending the annual meeting of the World Bank/International Monetary Fund. He has four siblings, all of whom are teachers. Thanong was the only boy in his village to earn a bachelor"s degree.
He later earned a Doctor of Philosophy.
Thanong became the Dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration or National Institute on Drug Abuse Business School, National Institute of Development Administration (National Institute on Drug Abuse).
He also worked for a time as a researcher at the World Bank in Washington, District of Columbia. He later left his academic career for a career in business, citing insufficient income. From April to August 2007, Thanong was a visiting professor at the International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yokohama National University, Japan.
Thanong became president of Thai Military Bank. Thanong was invited by the government of Premier Chavalit Yongchaiyudh to be finance minister from June to October 1997, the height of the Asian financial crisis.
He served as finance minister in the government of Thaksin Shinawatra for a second term from August 2005 until the military coup of September 2006.
