Samrarn is among seven senior officials of the Agriculture Ministry whose reshuffle has been approved by the Cabinet, he added.
Among the other six are Khemkaeng Yutithamdamrong, deputy director-general of the Land Development Department, who becomes an inspector-general of the ministry; Prasong Prapaitrakul, deputy chief of the Agricultural Extension Department, who also becomes an inspector-general; and Weerachart Khuanrat, deputy director-general of the Livestock Development Department, who has also been made an inspector-general.
The other three are Krissanapong Sripongphankul, deputy director-general of the Rice Department, who becomes director-general of the department; Siriporn Boonchu, deputy director-general of the Agricultural Department, who becomes director-general of the Sericulture Department; and National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards deputy secretary-general Phisarn Pongpanit, who has been made an inspector-general.