Theera Wongsamut

Theera Wongsamut (born 15 December 1948) is former minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand. He is also leader of the Chartthaipattana Party [1]

Theera Wongsamut
ธีระ วงศ์สมุทร
Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives
In office
20 December 2008 – 2 December 2012
Prime MinisterAbhisit Vejjajiva
Yingluck Shinawatra
Preceded bySomsak Prissanananthakul
Succeeded byYukol Limlamthong
Personal details
Born (1948-12-15) 15 December 1948
Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
NationalityThai
Political partyChartthaipattana Party
Spouse(s)Warunyu Wongsamut
Alma materKasetsart University
ProfessionPolitician

Party activity

He was elected leader of the Chartthaipattana Party on 19 March 2013. [2] He replaced Chumpol Silpa-archa, who died on 21 January 2013.

Experiences

Theera Wongsamut had much experience before become Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives;

Work Experience:
24 June 1971 - Engineer, Construction Division, Royal Irrigation Department Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
13 July 1998 - Deputy Director General, Royal Irrigation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
1 October 2001 - Inspector General, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
29 June 2006 - Chief Inspector General, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
22 November 2006 - Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
8 November 2007 - Director General, Royal Irrigation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
22 December 2008 - Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives

gollark: According to my badness determination metrics.
gollark: What I am saying is that deliberately designing an electoral system and then messing with it so that a particular group consistently gets outsized amounts of power is bad, and that it isn't particularly justified based on "cultural differences" because there are lots of culturally different groups.
gollark: There are cultural differences based on different factors, though.
gollark: There are divisions other than rural/city. Why pick that one and muck with the system to favour one side of it?
gollark: I don't think that's what the electoral college does.

References
  1. "Banharn calls for reconciliation". Bangkok Post. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. "Theera new Chartthaipattana leader". Bangkok Post. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.



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