# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/puey-ungphakorn
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:56:16.576Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/puey-ungphakorn"
name: "Puey Ungphakorn"
slug: "puey-ungphakorn"
description: "Puey Ungphakorn, MBE, was a Thai economist who served as Governor of the Bank of Thailand and Rector of Thammasat University. He was the author of From Womb to Tomb: The Quality of Life of a South-East Asian, which to date remains one of the most influential writings about social security in Thailand."
tagline: "Thai economist (1916-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sculpture_of_6_October_1976_Memorial_-_detail_(8_-_Puey).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1916-03-09"
deathDate: "1999-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.888888888888889
  historical:           5.947949333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ป๋วย อึ๊งภากรณ์"
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    title: "پوى ونجپاكورن"
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    title: "Puey Ungphakorn"
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    title: "Puey Ungphakorn"
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    title: "ປ໋ວຍ ອຶ໊ງພາກອນ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump