New ambassadors approved
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The Cabinet yesterday approved requests by the Foreign Ministry and various foreign embassies for the appointment of ambassadors.
Japan informed the government that Shiro Sadoshima would be its new ambassador to Thailand, replacing Shigekazu Sato. Egypt appointed Hazem Elseyed Badawy Elthary as its new ambassador, replacing Ismail Ahmed Khairat.
Cabinet also approved Kenya’s request to appoint Patrick Simiyu Wamoto as its ambassador to Thailand, replacing Jean Njeri Kamau.
Meanwhile, the ministry asked Cabinet to approve the appointment of Thai envoys to three foreign countries. Prasittiporn Wetprasit, deputy head of the Department of Consular Affairs, was appointed Thai ambassador to Kenya; Vutti Vuttisant, an envoy at the Thai Embassy in Jakarta, was appointed ambassador to Nepal; and Wijak Chittarat, an envoy at the Thai Embassy in Riyadh, was appointed as Ambassador to Senegal.
