PM allocates key work assignments
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Tuesday issued an order reallocating work assignments for four deputy prime ministers and three PM's Office ministers in the wake of the Cabinet reshuffle.
PM’s Office Minister Nivatthamrong Boonsongpaisal will supervise state-run media outlets, including the government’s Public Relations Department and MCOT.
Nivatthamrong is also to supervise the Economic and Social Development Board, the Public Sector Development Commission, the Cabinet Secretariat, the Royal Development Projects Board and the National Buddhism Office.
Of the three newly appointed ministers, he is seen as getting a plum job in the PM’s Office. He was a business executive in the telecom conglomerate of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra before turning to public service via the Pheu Thai Party.
PM’s Office Minister Woravat Auapinyakul is tasked with supervising the Budget Bureau, the Consumer’s Protection Board and the National Village and Community Fund.
PM’s Office Minister Nalinee Taveesin will take charge of the Government Spokesman’s Office, the National Identity Office and the National Research Council of Thailand.
By order of seniority, Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit will precede Chalerm Yoobamrung, Kittiratt Na Ranong, Yuthasak Sasiprapha and Chumpol Silapaarcha.
Yongyuth, concurrently holding the interior portfolio, is to oversee Interior Ministry, the Social Development and Human Security Ministry, the Transport Ministry, the Office of the Civil Service Commission and the Southern Border Provinces Administration Centre.
Chalerm is overseeing three ministries – Environment and Natural Resources, Labour and Justice, the Royal Thai Police, the Council of State. He is also in charge of affairs related to the granting of pardons and naturalised citizenship.
Kittiratt, concurrently the finance minister, will oversee four ministries – Finance, Energy, Commerce and Industry, and economic agencies.
Yuthasak will oversee Defence, Foreign Affairs, Information and Communication Technology, Cultural, Science, Education and Public Health ministries. He is also the overseer of the National Security Council and the National Intelligence Agency.
Chumpol, concurrently the tourism and sports minister, is the overseer of Tourism and Sports and Agriculture ministries.
