H.E. Mr. Cherdchai Chaivaivid
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Thailand
to the United Nations

Date and Place of Birth:    1 April 1969, Bangkok

Education:

Primary - High School      Bangkok Christian College, Bangkok, Thailand

Undergraduate                Bachelor of Arts in International Relations,

                                      Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University,
                                      Bangkok, Thailand

 Postgraduate                  Master of Arts in International Relations,

                                      Faculty of Social Science, Keynes College, University of Kent
                                      at Canterbury, UK

Career:

1994 - 1997                       Desk Officer, South Asia Division,
                                        Department of South Asian, Middle East and African Affairs,
                                        Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1997 - 2001                       First Secretary,

                                        Royal Thai Embassy, Kuala Lumpur

2001 - 2003                       Myanmar Desk, Division II, Department of East Asian Affairs, 
                                        Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2004                                  Vietnam Desk, Division II, Department of East Asian Affairs,
                                         Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2005 - 2009                       Chief of Japan Section, Division IV, Department of East Asian 
                                        Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2009 - 2012                       Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Royal Thai Embassy, Ottawa

2012 - 2017                       Director, Division IV, Department of East Asian Affairs,

                                        Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2017 – 2019                       Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission, Royal Thai Embassy, Tokyo

September 2019                Director-General, Department of International Economic Affairs,
                                        Ministry of Foreign Affairs

June 2024                         Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Thailand

                                        to the United Nations