Narumon Pinyosinwat

Narumon Pinyosinwat (Thai: นฤมล ภิญโญสินวัฒน์, born 29 October 1973) is a Thai politician and currently serves as the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives under Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s government. She previously served as the Thai Trade Representative and as the 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 Pinyosinwat
นฤมล ภิญโญสินวัฒน์
Minister of Education
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 June 2025
Prime Minister	Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Preceded by	Permpoon Chidchob
Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives
In office 3 September 2024 – 30 June 2025
Prime Minister	Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Succeeded by	Atthakorn Sirilatthayakorn
Thailand Trade Representative
In office 3 October 2023 – 2 September 2024
Prime Minister	Srettha Thavisin
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	Chayotid Kridakon
Deputy Minister of Labour
In office 5 August 2020 – 8 September 2021
Prime Minister	Prayut Chan-o-cha
Preceded by	Ladawan Wongsriwong
Government spokesperson
In office 30 July 2019 – 19 July 2020
Prime Minister	Prayut Chan-o-cha
Preceded by	Puttipong Punnakanta
Succeeded by	Anucha Burapachaisri
Personal details
Born	(1973-10-29) 29 October 1973 (age 51) Bangkok, Thailand
Political party	Kla Tham (2024–present)
Other political affiliations	Palang Pracharath (until 2023)
Spouse	Jumpol Pinyosinwat
Alma mater	Chulalongkorn University (BS) Georgia State University (MS) University of Pennsylvania (PhD)
Occupation	Politician

Early life and education

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]

Careers

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]

Political careers

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]

On 6 August 2024, Narumon was elected as the leader of the Kla Tham Party, succeeding Chawengsak Jaikam.

On 3 September 2024, Narumon was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, succeeding Captain Thamanat Prompow in the administration of Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

Royal decorations

Narumon her received the following royal decorations in the Honours System of Thailand:

• 2021 - Knight Grand Cordon of The Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand
• 2017 - Knight Grand Cross of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant