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Abbreviation

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 M-Industry) is a Cabinet ministry in the Government of Thailand. The Ministry is responsible for the promotion and regulation of Industries. The Ministry is headed by a Minister of Industry, currently: Wannarat Channukul

Wannarat Channukul

Wannarat Channukul is a Thai physician and politician. He is the leader of the Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party and Minister of Energy in the cabinets of Abhisit Vejjajiva and Yingluck Shinawatra....

 (since 9 August 2011).

History

The Ministry of Industry started out in 1933 as a division or the Industrial Division in the Department of Commerce ( (now Ministry of Commerce

Ministry of Commerce (Thailand)

The Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Thailand is a Cabinet ministry in the Government of Thailand. The head of the ministry is called the Minister of Commerce, he is a member of the Cabinet of Thailand...

) of the Ministry of Economics ( (now defunct). In 1941 the division was upgraded to the Department of Industry (still in the Economic Ministry).

On the 5 May 1942 a Ministry of Industry was eventually created in its own right.

Dependent Departments

• Department of Primary Industries and Mines
• The Office of Industrial Economics
• Department of Industrial Promotion
• Department of Industrial Works
• Thai Industrial Standards Institute
• Office of Cane and Sugar Board
• Office of the Board of Investment
  • ASEAN Supporting Industry Database
  • Investor Club Association

Independent Organization

• Thailand Automotive Institute
• Electrical and Electronics Institute
• Iron and Steel Institute of Thailand
• Management System Certification Institute
• National Food Institute
• Thailand Productivity Institute
• Thailand Textile Institute
  • Bangkok Fashion City
    Bangkok Fashion City
    Bangkok Fashion City project is a campaign under the Ministry of Industry of Thailand. This 1.8-billion-baht program's purpose is to establish Bangkok as a regional fashion hub and eventually as a world fashion leader....
    
    

See also

• Economy of Thailand
  Economy of Thailand
  The economy of Thailand is a newly industrialized economy. It is a heavily export-dependent economy, with exports accounting for more than two thirds of gross domestic product ....
  
  
• Federation of Thai Industries
  Federation of Thai Industries
  Formerly known as the Association of Thai Industries , the Federation of Thai Industries came into existence in November 13, 1967 and upgraded on December 29, 1987. It was a transformed body of ATI, which was created in 1967. FTI is a private sector organisation that brings together industrial...
  
  
• Cabinet of Thailand
• List of Government Ministers of Thailand
• Government of Thailand

External links

• Ministry of Industry - Official Website in Thai