Chaiyong Satjipanon

Chaiyong Satjipanon was born on 14 September 1953. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree (with honors) in political science from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, where he would also earn a Master of Public Administration degree. He would go on to earn a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy and a PhD from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in the United States.

Chaiyong Satjipanon began his diplomatic career in 1975 when he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an attache to the International Conference Division of the Department of International Organizations. In 1976 he became Thailand's liaison officer to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), before becoming the Third Secretary of the International Conference division one year later. In 1982 he was transferred to Geneva, Switzerland and became was the Second Secretary of Thailand's Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva, and was promoted to First Secretary of the same office in 1986. He held that post until 1989 when he became a Counsellor for the Americas Division of the Department of Political Affairs. In 1993 he was promoted to Deputy Director-General of the Department of Economic Affairs. In 1994 he was assigned to be the Consular-General of the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Sydney, Australia.{{cite news|url=http://www.cpinter.com.au/eng/company_profile/background.asp |publisher=CP International Education and Migration Centre Co., Ltd. |title=Background |year=2011 |access-date=26 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219090204/http://www.cpinter.com.au/eng/company_profile/background.asp |archive-date=19 February 2011 }} In 2001 he became Thailand's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Indonesia, being concurrently accredited to Papua New Guinea. In 2006, Makarim Wibisono, Indonesia's Ambassador to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, presented Chaiyong with the First Class Order of Services Bintang Jasa Utama for his work in strengthening bilateral relations between Indonesia and Thailand.{{cite news|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2006/04/24/thai-envoy-gets-ri039s-top-award.html |title=Thai envoy gets RI's top award |newspaper=The Jakarta Post |date=4 April 2006 |access-date=26 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305000543/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2006/04/24/thai-envoy-gets-ri039s-top-award.html |archive-date= 5 March 2016 }} In 2003, he became Thailand's Ambassador to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva.{{cite news |url=http://www.omct.org/human-rights-defenders/urgent-interventions/thailand/2006/03/d17919/ |title=Thailand: Thailand: Acquittal of Ms. Supinya Klangnarong |date=17 March 2006 |access-date=26 May 2012 |publisher=World Organization Against Torture}} In 2007, he was appointed Thailand's ambassador to the Holy See, and was received by Pope Benedict XVI on 13 December.{{cite news|url=http://www.zenit.org/article-21275?l=english |title=Papal Address to Thai Envoy to Holy See |date=13 December 2007 |publisher=Zenit News Agency |access-date=26 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218102023/http://www.zenit.org/article-21275?l=english |archive-date=18 February 2008 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=84517 |publisher=Eternal Word Television Network |date=13 December 2007 |access-date=26 May 2012 |title=Pope to Diplomats: Combat Violence with Education}} He was concurrently Thailand's ambassador to Switzerland.{{cite news |url=http://www.mfa.go.th/web/2645.php?id=23380 |title=Economic News |year=2007 |access-date=26 May 2012 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs }}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news |url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:xmFTwF-uvmYJ:www.sacc.ch/upload/Flyer_s%25C3%25A9minaire_Tha%25C3%25AFlande_112.pdf+&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgrtNU7Zf3GfljFtNNewmv6YxGJtoHY_oEQWb5k9pbmspzu0RrhURRvNWyfGrJXBtrKbGl40QHNXBjD4X3xV2h6VJiYuxYN8yyM0QzvYCXGblQIYmL63cCDnLnP2MLu3jRr1wpH&sig=AHIEtbRVd2nJXVzDY-_x61g4MwyilkPZpA |title=Why Thailand? |publisher=Thailand Board of Investment |year=2007 |access-date=26 May 2012}} In 2010 Dr Chaiyong Satjipanon was 2010 received Order of Knighthood of St. Gregory the Great from the Vatican City State.

Chaiyong Satjipanon was later Thailand's Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, where he worked to expand bilateral trade between Thailand and South Korea. While in Seoul his wife, Thitinart Satjipanon, became ill and died after arriving at Soonchunhyang Hospital.{{cite news |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/11/117_97892.html |title=Thai envoy seeks suit over wife’s death |newspaper=The Korea Times |first=Philip |last=Iglauer |date=11 February 2011 |access-date=26 May 2012}} He filed a criminal complaint against the hospital claiming negligence of the staff had resulted in his wife's death, and his case was supported by Thailand's Embassy and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who called on the South Korean government to investigate medical standards at the hospital.{{cite news |url=http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20111116-310947.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222003110/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Asia/Story/A1Story20111116-310947.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 December 2011 |title=Thai envoy to fight wife's death in Seoul, Bangkok |date=16 November 2011 |access-date=26 May 2012 |work=AsiaOne |first=Kirsty |last=Taylor}} Most recently, he was appointed Thailand's ambassador to the United States. His credentials were accepted by William J. Burns, the United States Deputy Secretary of State, on 18 April 2012.{{cite news |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2012/04/188067.htm |title=Public Schedule for April 18, 2012 |publisher=United States Department of State |access-date=26 May 2012}}

He is the expert on the United States and Human Rights which he often appears as a TV guest in the Nation, TNN, TNN24.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNmUBm-xnLw|title=เบื้องหลังรายงานการค้ามนุษย์ TIP Report 2015|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVRFfAC604I|title=คิดเพื่อชาติ TNN2 - 14 วันแรก ของประธานาธิบดีทรัมป์ - วันพฤหัสที่ 2 ก.พ. 2560|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqlwMWeMwvA|title=รายงานสถานการณ์การค้ามนุษย์ ทำไมไทยต้องแคร์|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-eWL8SWlWI|title=เกาะติดเลือกตั้งปธน.สหรัฐฯ 2016|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}

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