Yongyuth_Yuthavong

Yongyuth Yuthavong

Yongyuth Yuthavong

Thai scientist, born 1944

Yongyuth Yuthavong (Thai: ยงยุทธ ยุทธวงศ์, born 1944) is a Thai biochemistry researcher and science policy administrator. He is an emeritus professor at the Biochemistry Department of Mahidol University's Faculty of Science, and is known for research work on anti-malarials and drug resistance thereof. He also played a key role in Thailand's science policy planning in the 1980s and 1990s, helping to establish the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) and the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA). He served as Minister of Science and Technology from 2006 to 2008 and as deputy prime minister from 2014 to 2015, in both cases appointed by non-elected governments following coups in 2006 and 2014.[1][2]

Yongyuth Yuthavong

References

  1. [1]
    Tan, Rebecca (11 February 2016). "Thailand's Scientist In Office". Asian Scientist Magazine. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Yongyuth Yuthavong: Building science capacity in Thailand". tdr.who.int. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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