Background
PACHARIYANGKUN, Upadit was born on December 10, 1920 in Bangkok. Son of Taad and Kim Pachariyangkun.
diplomatist and government official
PACHARIYANGKUN, Upadit was born on December 10, 1920 in Bangkok. Son of Taad and Kim Pachariyangkun.
University of Berlin and Berne, National Defence College.
Joined Foreign Service and served at Legation, Berlin 1942. Chief of Division, United Nations Department 1954. First Secretary, Legation in Buenos Aires 1957.
Director-General of Economics Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1963.
Ambassador and acting Permanent Representative 1964; Ambassador to Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Liberia 1966.
Director-General Economics Department, Secretary-General of Association of Southeast Asian Nations 1970. Ambassador to Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Vatican City and United Nations Office in Geneva 1972, to Federation Republic of Germany 1973, to United States of America February-October 1976.
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1976-1980.
Knight Grand Cross.
Married Aphira Hemachan in 1951.