Hofstra University in the context of Anutin Charnvirakul

👉 Hofstra University in the context of Anutin Charnvirakul

Anutin Charnvirakul (born 13 September 1966) is a Thai politician and businessman who has served as the 32nd prime minister of Thailand since 2025. He has also led the Bhumjaithai Party since 2012 and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2019.

Born into a wealthy family in Bangkok, Anutin was educated in Thailand and the United States, earning a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Hofstra University in 1989 and a master's degree in business administration from Thammasat University in 1990. He joined Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction (STECON), a family-owned construction company, where he became president in 1995. During his tenure, he played a major role in several large-scale infrastructure projects, most notably the construction of Suvarnabhumi Airport. Anutin began his political career in 1996 as a member of the Thai Rak Thai Party. He later served as advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister of Commerce in 2004, and Deputy Minister of Public Health from 2004 to 2006, during the premiership of Thaksin Shinawatra. Following the dissolution of the Thai Rak Thai Party in 2007, he was among the 111 executives banned from politics for five years.

↓ Explore More Topics

Hofstra University in the context of 1984 Summer Paralympics

The 1984 International Games for the Disabled, commonly known as the 1984 Summer Paralympics, were the seventh Paralympic Games to be held. There were two separate competitions: one in Stoke Mandeville, England, United Kingdom for wheelchair athletes with spinal cord injuries and the other at the Mitchel Athletic Complex and Hofstra University on Long Island, New York, United States for wheelchair and ambulatory athletes with cerebral palsy, amputees, and les autres [the others] (conditions as well as blind and visually impaired athletes). Stoke Mandeville had been the location of the Stoke Mandeville Games from 1948 onwards, seen as the precursors to the Paralympic Games, as the 9th International Stoke Mandeville Games in Rome in 1960 are now recognised as the first Summer Paralympics.

As with the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, the Soviet Union and other communist countries, except China, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Yugoslavia, did not participate in the Paralympic Games. The Soviet Union did not participate in the Paralympics at the time, arguing that they have no disabled people (called "invalids" by Soviet officials) in the country. A delegation of 18 blind Soviet athletes registered for the International Games for the Disabled, but withdrew its participation weeks before the opening ceremony due to the Olympic boycott. The USSR made its Paralympic debut in 1988, during Perestroika.

View the full Wikipedia page for 1984 Summer Paralympics

↑ Return to Menu