Maris Sangiampongsa. (Photo: bangkokpost.com) Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has approved Maris Sangiampongsa, 65, as the country's new foreign minister, according to the Royal Gazette.
The appointment came as his predecessor, Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, resigned on April 28 after a reshuffle of several cabinet members in the government of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
Holding an MA in Political Science from Ohio University, Maris joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986 as an attaché and was posted to Brussels in 1989. He subsequently returned to Thailand and held a number of positions at ministry headquarters before being posted abroad in 2007 as first minister at the Thai embassy in Berlin.
A series of ambassadorial postings followed, to Nepal (2009), Australia (2011), New Zealand (2015) and Canada (2018), the Bangkok Post said./.
The appointment came as his predecessor, Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, resigned on April 28 after a reshuffle of several cabinet members in the government of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
Holding an MA in Political Science from Ohio University, Maris joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986 as an attaché and was posted to Brussels in 1989. He subsequently returned to Thailand and held a number of positions at ministry headquarters before being posted abroad in 2007 as first minister at the Thai embassy in Berlin.
A series of ambassadorial postings followed, to Nepal (2009), Australia (2011), New Zealand (2015) and Canada (2018), the Bangkok Post said./.
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