Cabinet Appoints Acting Foreign Minister, New Prachuap Governor
The Thai Cabinet has named Deputy Prime Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakan to act as foreign minister while also appointing a new governor for Prachuap Khiri Khan. It approved the Transport Ministry's pick for deputy permanent secretary and transferred a senior official from the National Water Resources Office to the Prime Minister's Office. These appointments were announced after the meeting on 14 October 2069.
At the Cabinet meeting on 14 October 2069, Deputy Prime Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakan received concurrence to act as foreign minister. The Transport Ministry's proposal to appoint Songyotin Chunpathip, a civil servant inspector, as deputy permanent secretary of the Transport Ministry was approved. Pairoj Kongkanchang, deputy secretary-general of the National Water Resources Office, was transferred to become deputy permanent secretary of the Prime Minister's Office. Following an Interior Ministry proposal, retired Police Lieutenant Colonel Khetarat Chanasilp was relieved of his security advisor role and appointed governor of Prachuap Khiri Khan. Additionally, the Foreign Ministry proposed that Pipat Ratchakitprakan, already deputy prime minister and transport minister, serve as acting foreign minister.
