(BangkokPost.com) - His Majesty the King has endorsed the appointment of Saroj Chavanavirat as the new foreign minister, replacing Tej Bunnag, who resigned last week after taking office for just about two months due to political pressure.
Mr Saroj, aged 66, becomes the third foreign minister of the coalition government led by the People Power party (PPP). The first minister was former Thaksin Shinawatra’s lawyer Noppadon Pattama.
Mr Saroj was the Asean Department director-general in 1988 and retired as the Thai ambassador to Paris in 2002 after working as the permanent secretary for foreign affairs for four years.
The newly appointed minister previously declined to take on the foreign minister’s post twice, reasoning that he did not want to be involved in politics.
He later decided to succeed Mr Tej, as there were many requests for him to work for the country because he had experience in Asean and Cambodian affairs, adding that Thailand is scheduled to host the Asean summit in this December.
Mr Saroj, aged 66, becomes the third foreign minister of the coalition government led by the People Power party (PPP). The first minister was former Thaksin Shinawatra’s lawyer Noppadon Pattama.
Mr Saroj was the Asean Department director-general in 1988 and retired as the Thai ambassador to Paris in 2002 after working as the permanent secretary for foreign affairs for four years.
The newly appointed minister previously declined to take on the foreign minister’s post twice, reasoning that he did not want to be involved in politics.
He later decided to succeed Mr Tej, as there were many requests for him to work for the country because he had experience in Asean and Cambodian affairs, adding that Thailand is scheduled to host the Asean summit in this December.
1 comment:
Whoever, the new person, please try to make peace with Cambodia.
Cambodia are very good at fighting, you know?
Cambodia is also Thailand market as well for about $1 billion per year and we supply cheap labor to you for more than 200,000 workers per year that provide opportunity to Thais to earn ten times higher to work in Taiwain, Arab, Hong Kong, Japan....
Thailand should not give opportunity to Vietnam to take Cambodian market and control ASEAN.
Post a Comment