What is Surin Pitsuwan?
[[File:Pitsuewan.jpg|thumb|Pitsuwan in January 2010]] '''Surin Pitsuwan''' ({{Lang-th|สุรินทร์ พิศสุวรรณ}}; {{Lang-ms|Surin Abdul Halim bin Ismail Pitsuwan}}; 28 October 1949 – 30 November 2017) was a [[Thai people|Thai]] politician and [[diplomat]]. He served as the 12th [[General Secretary|Secretary General]] of the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] from 2008 to 2012. He was also the [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of [[Foreign policy|Foreign Affairs]] for Thailand from 1997 to 2001. Pitsuwan was born in [[Nakhon Si Thammarat]]. He was a Thai [[Malays|Malay]]. He studied at [[Thammasat University]]. Pitsuwan died of [[heart failure]] on 30 November 2017 in [[Bangkok]]. He was 68.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1369695/surin-pitsuwan-dies-at-68|title=Surin Pitsuwan dies at 68|work=Bangkok Post|date=30 November 2017|access-date=2 December 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitsuwan, Surin}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:ASEAN]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:Asian diplomats]] [[Category:Thai politicians]] {{Bio-stub}}