Ministry of Science and Technology (Thailand)

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|dissolved = {{End date|2019|05|02|df=y}}{{cite news |title=ทรงลงพระปรมาภิไธยตั้งกระทรวงอุดม โครงสร้างใหม่มีผลบังคับใช้ 2 พ.ค. His Majesty the King signed the Ministry The new structure is effective May 2|url=https://www.thairath.co.th/news/local/1557580 |accessdate=1 May 2019 |work=Thai Rath |date=1 May 2019}}

|superseding = Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation

|jurisdiction = Government of Thailand

|headquarters = Ratchathewi, Bangkok

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|budget = 14,885.4 million baht (FY2019)

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The Ministry of Science and Technology ({{langx|th|กระทรวงวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี}}; {{RTGS|krasuang witthaya sat lae theknoloyi}}; Abrv: MOST), was a Thai government body responsible for the oversight of science and technology in Thailand.[https://mgronline.com/science/detail/9610000052014 แถลงความคืบหน้าตั้ง "กระทรวงวิทยาศาสตร์ นวัตกรรม และการอุดมศึกษา"][https://techsauce.co/news/thai-cabinet-allows-to-create-stem-ministry ครม. เห็นชอบจัดตั้ง "กระทรวงการอุดมศึกษา วิทยาศาสตร์ วิจัย และนวัตกรรม"]

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.{{cite web|title=Overview of the Ministry of Science and Technology |url=http://www.most.go.th/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=488 |website=Ministry of Science and Technology |publisher=Government of Thailand |accessdate=9 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216172041/https://www.most.go.th/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=488 |archivedate=16 February 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.most.go.th/eng/ |title=Ministry of Science and Technology | กระทรวงวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี |accessdate=2012-02-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201045341/http://www.most.go.th/eng/ |archivedate=2012-02-01 }}

=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 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 budget to the new ministry in its first year, FY2019.{{cite news |last1=Theparat |first1=Chatrudee |title=New hybrid ministry approved |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/1563922/new-hybrid-ministry-approved |accessdate=25 October 2018 |work=Bangkok Post |date=25 October 2018}}

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 Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation establishment came up instead of the Ministry of Science and Technology that was dissolved.[https://web.archive.org/web/20190501092549/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2562/A/057/T_0001.PDF พระราชบัญญัติปรับปรุงกระทรวง ทบวง กรม (ฉบับที่ ๑๙) พ.ศ. ๒๕๖๒][https://www.matichon.co.th/columnists/news_1016090 การปรับเปลี่ยนกระทรวงวิทยาศาสตร์ และเทคโนโลยี มุ่งสู่ ไทยแลนด์ 4.0]

Budget

The ministry's budget for FY2019 is 14,885.4 million baht.{{cite book |title=Thailand's Budget in Brief Fiscal Year 2019 |date=September 2018 |publisher=Bureau of the Budget |page=82 |url=http://www.bb.go.th/en/topic-detail.php?id=8322&mid=456&catID=0 |accessdate=25 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928200810/http://www.bb.go.th/en/topic-detail.php?id=8322&mid=456&catID=0 |archive-date=28 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}

Organization

= Departments =

Office of the Minister
Office of the Permanent Secretary
Office of Atoms for Peace
Department of Science Service (DSS){{cite news|last1=Suksamran|first1=Nauvarat|title=It's not just the pretty packaging|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1463634/its-not-just-the-pretty-packaging|accessdate=12 May 2018|work=Bangkok Post|date=12 May 2018}}