Narumon Pinyosinwat (Thai :นฤมลภิญโญสินวัฒน์,born 29 October 1973) is a Thai politician. She served as Deputy Minister of Labour in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. [1] [2] [3] She previously served as government spokesperson. [4] [5]
Narumon was born on 29 October 1973 in Bangkok. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Statistics (Applied Mathematics) from Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy,Chulalongkorn University before continuing to study until completing a master's degree Master of Science (Applied Mathematics) at Georgia State University. Then she graduated with a Master of Business Administration (Applied Economics) and a Doctor of Philosophy (Finance) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania,USA. [6] [7]
She was previously a lecturer and professor at the NIDA business school,National Institute of Development Administration. [4] She was previously an advisor to Minister of Labour,General Sirichai Distakul. After General Sirichai resigned from a minister position,she was appointed the Vice Minister of Finance by Mr.Apisak Tantivorawong. [8] [9]
Naruamon joined the Palang Pracharat Party to run for the party's fifth party list of members of the House of Representatives and get elected later,after resigning to serve as a spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office in the Government of Prayut Chan-o-cha. [10] [11] [12]
On 9 September 2021,Narumon was sacked from cabinet due to the Royal Gazette published a royal command removing them both from their portfolios and the cabinet after he was earlier accused of being behind a move to oust Prime Minister Prayut during last week's censure debate in parliament. [13] [14]
On 28 September 2023,She resigned from Palang Pracharath Party [15] [16] and was appointed as the Thailand Trade Representative on 3 October. [17]
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