Suvit Maesincee ( th, สุวิทย์ เมษินทรีย์) is a former Thai politician. He served as the first Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation in the second cabinet of Prime Minister

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. Anek Laothamatas was appointed as his successor. On 19 January 2022, Maesincee joined the newly formed party Sang Anakot Thai (Building Thailand's Future), founded by

Uttama Savanayana Uttama Savanayana ( th, อุตตม สาวนายน, born 19 May 1960) is a Thai politician. He served as Minister of Finance in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. He resigned in July 2020. On 19 January 2022, Sava ...

and

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Early life and education

Suwit Maesincee was born on 12 May 1961 in Bangkok. He graduated from high school from

Debsirin School Debsirin School ( th, โรงเรียนเทพศิรินทร์, ) is a single-sex education, boys' secondary school in Thailand. Founded by King Chulalongkorn in 1885, its alumni include King Ananda Mahidol, Malaysia's founding ...

. Then he graduated bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from the Faculty of Pharmacy,

Mahidol University Mahidol University (Mahidol), an autonomous research institution in Thailand, had its origin in the establishment of Siriraj Hospital in 1888. Mahidol had an acceptance rate for Medicine of 0.4% as of the 2016 academic year. Becoming the Univers ...

and master's degree in Marketing From the Faculty of Business Administration,

National Institute of Development Administration The National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) th, สถาบันบัณฑิตพัฒนบริหารศาสตร์) is a public graduate university in Thailand under the Commission on Higher Education, the Mini ...

and a Ph.D. in marketing from

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, USA.

Careers

Suvit Maesincee used to serve as a Director of the Institute for Good Governance Promotion and is the Director of The Siam Industrial Gases Association (SIGA). He was an advisor to Deputy Prime Minister

Somkid Jatusripitak Somkid Jatusripitak ( th, สมคิด จาตุศรีพิทักษ์, , ; born 15 July 1953) is a Thai economist, business theorist, and politician. A mentee of Philip Kotler, he has (co-)authored books on competitiveness and ta ...

. After the

2014 Thai coup d'état On 22 May 2014, the Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Commander of the Royal Thai Army (RTA), launched a coup d'état, the 12th since the country's first coup in 1932, against the caretaker government of Thailand, foll ...

, Suvit was appointed a member of the National Reform Council. Later in August 2015, Suwit Maesincee was appointed Deputy Minister of Commerce in the government of

. Then, in December 2016, he was appointed Minister of the Prime Minister's Office. He was appointed as the last Minister of Science and Technology on 23 November 2017 and resigned from his position on 29 January 2019 due to the dissolution of the ministry. Then he was appointed as Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovation being the first person in the position for this newly established ministry.

References

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