The Ministry of Science and Technology ( th, กระทรวงวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี; ;
Abrv: MOST), was a Thai government body responsible for the oversight of
science and technology in Thailand.
Background
Creation
The Ministry of Science and Technology was created by the Restructuring of Government Agencies Act of 2002, split off from the
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, which operated from 1992 until 2002.
Dissolution
On 24 October 2018, the Thai cabinet approved the creation of the ''Ministry of Higher Education Science Research and Innovation''. The new ministry will merge the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Office of the Higher Education Commission (OHEC), the National Research Council of Thailand, and the Thailand Research Fund. The current Minister of Science and Technology, Suvit Maesincee, will head the new ministry. Its mission will be "...to develop high technology, enhancing the efficiency of the R&D and support Thailand 4.0 policy, as well as human resource development." The government has allotted a 97 billion
baht
The baht (; th, บาท, ; sign: ฿; code: THB) is the official currency of Thailand. It is divided into 100 ''satang'' (, ). The issuance of currency is the responsibility of the Bank of Thailand. SWIFT ranked the Thai baht as the 10th-m ...
budget to the new ministry in its first year,
FY2019.
On 1 May 2019, the Royal Gazette published the Act of Ministries, Bureaus, and Departments Improvement (No. 19), 2562 BE, which is effective on 2 May 2019, resulting in the
establishment came up instead of the Ministry of Science and Technology that was dissolved.
Budget
The ministry's budget for FY2019 is 14,885.4 million baht.
Organization
Departments
* Office of the Minister
* Office of the Permanent Secretary
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Office of Atoms for Peace
The Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP) of Thailand (สำนักงานปรมาณูเพื่อสันติ) in Chatuchak district, Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung ...
* Department of Science Service (DSS)
Supervised public organizations
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National Science and Technology Development Agency
* National Institute of Metrology
* National Science Technology and Innovation Policy Office
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Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency
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National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand
* National Innovation Agency
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Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology
* Synchrotron Light Research Institute
* Hydro and Agro Informatics Institute
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Thailand Center of Excellence for Life Sciences
The Thailand Center of Excellence for Life Sciences (TCELS) was founded in 2004 by the government of Thailand. TCELS is a public organization under the auspices of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation. TCELS has the ...
State enterprises
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Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research
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National Science Museum
See also
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List of government ministries of Thailand
The Government Ministries of Thailand ( th, กระทรวง: Krasuang) are the government agencies that compose the executive branch of the Government of Thailand. Each ministry is headed by a minister of state ( th, รัฐมนตร ...
References
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Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
2002 establishments in Thailand
Government agencies established in 2002