Ormsin Chivapruck ( th, ออมสิน ชีวะพฤกษ์; born 1 April 1951) is a Thai civil servant and politician who served as Minister to the Office of the Prime Minister in the

Cabinet of Thailand The cabinet of Thailand or, formally, the Council of Ministers of Thailand ( th, คณะรัฐมนตรี; is a body composed of thirty-five of the most senior members of the government of the Kingdom of Thailand. The cabinet is the pri ...

from 16 December 2016 to 24 November 2017. He is a former President of

Thailand Post Thailand Post (THP) ( th, ไปรษณีย์ไทย, ), formerly part of the Communications Authority of Thailand until 2003, is a state enterprise that provides postal services in Thailand. The Post and Telegraph Office was first estab ...

Early life

Ormsin was born on 1 April 1951 in Pathum Thani Province. He graduated high school level from Wat Hong Pathummawat School and then Bachelor of Economics from

Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ...

, India and Master of Business Administration from

Kasetsart University Kasetsart University ( th, มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์; ), commonly known and referred to as Kaset or KU, is a public research university in Bangkok, Thailand. It is the largest university in Thailand. I ...

continuous the Advanced Management Program from

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, USA.

Career

He used to work under the

Communications Authority of Thailand CAT Telecom Public Company Limited ( th, บริษัท กสท โทรคมนาคม จำกัด (มหาชน)) is the state-owned company that runs Thailand’s international telecommunications infrastructure, including its ...

(CAT), holding the highest position as Deputy Governor of the Communications Authority of Thailand. Later, when being transformed into a public company he was then appointed as Senior Vice President of Finance and until being appointed as the President of the

Thai Post ''Thai Post'' ( th, ไทยโพสต์) is a daily Thai-language newspaper in Thailand. It is owned by the Thai Journal Group Co. Its circulation is in the 100,000-150,000 range. Currently the HQ is in Klong Toei, Bangkok. Political ...

Company Limited (TP) during the year 2007 to 2011. Later, after the coup in Thailand in 2014 under government administration of

National Council for Peace and Order The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO; th, คณะรักษาความสงบแห่งชาติ; ; abbreviated ( th, คสช.; )) was the military junta that ruled Thailand between its 2014 Thai coup d'état on 22 M ...

he was appointed Chairman of the

State Railway of Thailand The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) ( th, การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย, abbrev. รฟท., ) is the state-owned rail operator under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport in Thailand. History The SRT was ...

. Later in August 2015, Ormsin was appointed Deputy Minister of Transport in

Prayut Chan-o-cha Prayut Chan-o-cha (sometimes spelled Prayuth Chan-ocha; th, ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา, ; born 21 March 1954) is a Thai politician and retired Royal Thai Army, army officer who has served as the Prime Minister of T ...

government. In December 2016, he was appointed as Minister for the Office of the Prime Minister.

References

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