Thailand’s newly-minted Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has appointed Ekniti Nitithanprapas, director-general of the treasury department, as deputy prime minister and finance minister.
King Maha Vajiralongkorn has approved the appointment, according to a notice published in the Royal Gazette on September 22.
Ekniti has held a number of other senior government positions, including as head of the excise department and the revenue department. He is a former adviser to the Washington-based World Bank.
Anutin became the prime minister earlier this month after the constitutional court removed his predecessor Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office after finding her guilty of ethical misconduct over a controversial phone call with Cambodia’s former leader Hun Sen.
