| Chirayu Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya | |
| Native Name: | จิรายุ อิศรางกูร ณ อยุธยา |
| Native Name Lang: | th |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MPCh MWM TCW |
| Office: | Lord Chamberlain of the Household |
| Term Start: | 23 September 2016 |
| Term End: | 12 March 2018 |
| Predecessor: | Keokhwan Vajarodaya |
| Successor: | Satitpong Sukvimol |
| Office1: | Director-General of the Crown Property Bureau |
| Term Start1: | 28 July 1987 |
| Term End1: | 12 March 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Phunphoem Krairoek |
| Successor1: | Satitpong Sukvimol |
| Office3: | Minister of Industry |
| Primeminister3: | Prem Tinsulanonda |
| Term Start3: | 28 July 1985 |
| Term End3: | 5 August 1986 |
| Predecessor3: | Aob Vasurat |
| Successor3: | Pramual Sabhavasu |
| Office2: | Minister to the Office of the Prime Minister |
| Primeminister2: | Prem Tinsulanonda |
| Term Start2: | 11 August 1986 |
| Term End2: | 5 August 1987 |
| Birth Date: | 1942 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bangkok, Thailand |
Chirayu Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya (Thai: จิรายุ อิศรางกูร ณ อยุธยา,, in Thai pronounced as /t͡ɕìʔraːjúʔ ʔìtsàʔraːŋkuːn náʔ ʔàʔjúttʰáʔjaː/; born 12 November 1942) is a Thai economist and court official. He has been the Director-General of the Crown Property Bureau and Grand Chamberlain of the Bureau of the Royal Household since 1987 and become Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household in the end of 2016. Chirayu is an avowed proponent of the "sufficiency economy" philosophy that is promoted by King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Chirayu was born in Bangkok. The Isarangkun family is a distant side branch of the ruling Chakri Dynasty. The particle na Ayutthaya indicates this distant royal ancestry. Chirayu's father Charunphan Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya was a diplomat, foreign minister, and member of King Bhumibol's Privy Council. Chirayu visited Bangkok's prestigious all-boys Saint Gabriel's College, before moving to the King's College School in Wimbledon, London, where he acquired his A-levels in 1960. Subsequently, he studied economics at the London School of Economics, receiving an Honours degree in 1964. He took a doctoral degree from the Australian National University in 1971.
From 1976 to 1979, Chirayu was the dean of the faculty of economics of the government-run National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA). Chirayu became Minister of Industry under Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda in 1985, and Minister to the Office of Prime Minister one year later. After he had taken a stand for a controversial tantalum factory in Phuket Province that was burnt down by furious locals who were afraid of hazardous wastes, Chirayu was confronted with allegations of corruption, that could however not been proven.
Later, King Bhumibol appointed him Director-General of the Crown Property Bureau (CPB), that is responsible for administering the immense royal assets. Moreover, the king appointed him as Grand Chamberlain of the Bureau of the Royal Household. He is member of the boards of directors of several companies in which the CPB is a principal shareholder. Since 1987 he has been President of the Board of Directors of Deves Insurance. During and after the Asian financial crisis, he was the President of the Board of Directors of Siam Cement — which is one of the biggest corporations of Thailand — from 1998 to 1999, and of Siam Commercial Bank — the country's second largest bank — from 1998 to 2007. Since 2007 he has again led the Board of Directors of Siam Cement.
Moreover, he has been Chancellor of the Council of NIDA since 1998. He manages several foundations under the auspices of the royal family, including the Sai Jai Thai Foundation (for wounded and disabled veterans), the Royal Project Foundation, and the Queen's Foundation of the Promotion of Supplementary Occupations (for farmers).
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