The Government Ministries of Thailand ( th, กระทรวง: Krasuang) are the government agencies that compose the

executive branch The Executive, also referred as the Executive branch or Executive power, is the term commonly used to describe that part of government which enforces the law, and has overall responsibility for the governance of a state. In political systems ...

of the

Government of Thailand The Government of Thailand, or formally the Royal Thai Government ( Abrv: RTG; th, รัฐบาลไทย, , ), is the unitary government of the Kingdom of Thailand. The country emerged as a modern nation state after the foundation of ...

. Each ministry is headed by a minister of state ( th, รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวง, ) and, depending on the

prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...

, several deputy ministers ( th, รัฐมนตรีช่วยว่าการกระทรวง) . The combined heads of these agencies form the Cabinet of Thailand. There are 19 ministries. The combined employees of these departments make up the civil service of Thailand.

Ministries

History

During the Rattanakosin Period, the kingdom's administration was similar to that of the

Ayutthaya Period The Ayutthaya Kingdom (; th, อยุธยา, , IAST: or , ) was a Siamese kingdom that existed in Southeast Asia from 1351 to 1767, centered around the city of Ayutthaya, in Siam, or present-day Thailand. The Ayutthaya Kingdom is consid ...

. There were two chief ministers ( th, อัครมหาเสนาบดี: Akkhramahasenabodi): the first running military affairs or ''samuhakalahom'' ( th, สมุหกลาโหม), and the second ''Samuhanayok'' ( th, สมุหนายก) for civilian affairs. The civilian ministry was divided further into four ''kroms'' ( th, กรม), headed by a ''senabodi'' ( th, เสนาบดี) or 'minister'. This type of administration was called the ''

Chatusadom Chatusadom or Catustambha ( th, จตุสดมภ์ , literally "Four Pillars" from Sanskrit ''Catur'' "Four" + ''Stambha'' "Pillars") was the Thai system of central executive governance during the Ayutthaya Kingdom, Thonburi Kingdom and R ...

'' ( th, จตุสดมภ์) :

Rama V reforms

King

Chulalongkorn Chulalongkorn ( th, จุฬาลงกรณ์, 20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910) was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, titled Rama V. He was known to the Siamese of his time as ''Phra Phuttha Chao Luang'' (พร ...

(Rama V), who had received a European education and traveled widely, reformed the administration of the state. In 1875, he issued a

royal decree A decree is a legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state (such as the president of a republic or a monarch), according to certain procedures (usually established in a constitution). It has the force of law. The particular term used for ...

to bring about this reform, dividing and creating many departments, and thereby preventing the archaic system from collapsing. The administrative reforms of

created six ministries ( th, กระทรวง: krasuang), each headed by a

minister of state Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. I ...

or ( th, รัฐมนตรี, ): A further four were soon added: By 1900 the entire structure was formed. The ten ministries became the center of Siamese government and rule. After the 1932 Revolution, most of the ministries were retained by the

Khana Ratsadon The People's Party, known in Thai as Khana Ratsadon ( th, คณะราษฎร, ), was a Siamese group of military and civil officers, and later a political party, which staged a bloodless revolution against King Prajadhipok's government a ...

, however from then on the ministers were chosen by the prime minister and not the king.

References

External links

Official webpage

Reshaping Thailand through Bureaucratic Reform and Development

Website of the Department of Provincial Administration – DOPA (in English)

Internet archive of 25 November 2009) {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Cabinet Ministries of Thailand Government of Thailand M Lists of government ministries

Ministries

History

Rama V reforms

See also

References

External links