Pong Sarasin

Pong Sarasin (Thai: พงส์ สารสิน; 16 July 1927 – 3 February 2021)[1] was a Thai businessman and politician, who served under Major General Chatichai Choonhavan's[2] cabinet, acting as Deputy Prime Minister along with General Tienchai Sirisumpan in 1988.

Pong was a scion of the wealthy Sarasin family, one of Bangkok's oldest assimilated Thai-Chinese business clans.

Pong, although he was a leading member of Thailand's Social Action Party, is frequently associated with his politically active family:[3] Pong was the son of former Prime Minister and SEATO Secretary-General Pote Sarasin; he is the brother of former Police Chief General and Interior Minister Pao Sarasin, as well as the brother of Arsa Sarasin, the former Foreign Minister and chief secretary of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej's office.

Later, Pong entered politics by becoming a member of the National Legislative Assembly in 1973 and later becoming a Senator in 1976.

Pong Sarasin died on 3 February 2021 with an old disease at the age of 93.