Kittiratt Na-Ranong

Kittiratt Na-Ranong (; ; born 3 August 1958) is a Thai business executive and politician. He was a deputy prime minister in Yingluck Shinawatra's cabinet. He also served as the Minister of Commerce until January 2012 and then as Minister of Finance until May 2014.

Education Kittiratt attended Assumption College and the Triam Udom Suksa School in Bangkok. He studied economics at the Chulalongkorn University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1980. He later studied for an MBA at the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration.

Careers Kittiratt held the position of managing director of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) for five years. Soo Cheang's second son, Khaw Sim Kong was the governor of Ranong Province and the great-grandfather of Kittiratt. Soo Cheang's sixth son, Phraya Ratsadanupradit Mahitsaraphakdi served as the governor of Trang Province. The family was granted the "Na Ranong" surname in around 1916 by Rama VI, among the first families to receive one. Today, several hundred members of the family use this surname. According to a distant relative, Khaw Teik Gim, who serves as the family's historian, Kittiratt's Chinese name is Khaw Cheng Thong.

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