Biography
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H.E. Ambassador Tej Bunnag
MR. TEJ BUNNAG

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America

DATE OF BIRTH : November 25, 1943
MARITAL STATUS : Married. Mrs. Phensri Bunnag
EDUCATION : 
    • Minor Scholar, Malvern College, Worcestershire, U.K.
    • Exhibitioner, B.A. (Hons) M.A., King's College, Cambridge University, U.K.
    • D. Phil., St. Antony's College, Oxford, U.K.
CAREER :
1969 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Second Secretary,  Department of Information
1972 Second Secretary, East Asia Division, Department of Political Affairs
1973 Chief, East Asia Division, Department of Political Affairs
1976 First Secretary, Royal Thai Embassy, Jakarta
1979 Director of Economic and Financial Policy Division, Office of the Director-General, ASEAN - THAILAND
1981 Deputy Director-General, Office of the Director-General, ASEAN-THAILAND
1983 Ambassador Attached to the Ministry, Office of the  Permanent Secretary
1984 Deputy Permanent Secretary, Office of the Permanent Secretary
1986 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Thailand to the People’s Republic of China and to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
1990 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations Office, Geneva
1996 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Thailand to France and Permanent Representative of Thailand to UNESCO
2000 present - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Thailand to the United States of America.
DECORATIONS :
2001
Knight Commander (Second Class, lower grade) of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao
1997 
Grand Companion (Third Class, higher grade) of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao
1994
the Chakrabarti Mala Medal
1992
Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
1987
Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand
FOREIGN DECORATIONS :
2000 Grand Officier de l’Ordre Nationale du Merite, France
1991 Gran Croce dell’ Ordine al Merito Melitense,  Sovereign Military Order of Malta
1989 Gran Officiel de la Orden del Condor de Los Andes, Bolivia
1972 M.V.O. (5th Class), U.K.
 

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