Phum Rojanasakul: The New Deputy Minister of Finance’s Political Journey

Inviting you to look at the history of “Phaophum Rojanasakul”, an economist. one of the voices “Digital Wallet” from Pheu Thai Party Deputy Leader and Secretary to the Minister of Finance, even though he is not an MP, has recently passed on to the new Deputy Minister of Finance, the Settha Cabinet 1/1

It is said that he was being watched and that his name was included in the reorganization of the cabinet (Cabinet) under the leadership of Mr. Settha Thavisin, Prime Minister, until Mr. Paophum Rojanasakul was discussed a lot. deputy leader of the Thai Party Pheu. and the Secretary of the Minister of Finance (Mr. Settha Thaweesin) with his new role in the position of “Deputy Minister of Finance” which was unexpected because Mr. Paophum was often assigned to explain, communicate and publish. Regarding the project to get up to 10,000 baht through Digital Wallet, that is the main policy used by the Pheu Thai Party to campaign and gather votes in the last 2022 elections.

For the history of Mr. Paophum Rojanasakul, the new Deputy Minister of Finance. Nickname Aof, born on February 22, 1983, currently 41 years old (information as of 2024), is an economist and politician from Thailand. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Engineering. Kasetsart University Then he went to study in the United States. I graduated with a master’s degree from the Faculty of Business Administration. University of Massachusetts, Boston, and also holds a second master’s degree and a doctorate from the Faculty of Economics. from the University of Illinois at Chicago

After returning to Thailand, Mr. Paophum joined the Bureau of Monetary Policy and Financial Institutions. Fiscal Policy Office of the Ministry of Finance for a little over a year before retiring, before being persuaded later to come and work in politics in the Pheu Thai Party. By joining the team of Mr. Phumtham Wechayachai, deputy leader of the party. From that time he was the party secretary and during the government of Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra, who was the Prime Minister before the coup in Thailand in 2014, then in 2018, Mr. Paophum was elected as the deputy general secretary of the party. He held this position for 4 consecutive terms and in 2023 he moved up to the position of deputy leader of the Pheu Thai Party. Currently, Ms. Paethongthan Shinawatra is the leader of the Pheu Thai Party. Leading the new generation and the old generation to walk together.

Furthermore, in the political arena, Mr. Paophum ran for election as a member of the House of Representatives (MP) on a party list basis in 2019, but did not become an MP because the Thai Party had more MPs More than the number. An MP should be as specified in the Constitution Later, in the general election in 2023, he also ran for election. List of MPs again, at the level of 89, who are not MPs because the Thai Pheu Party had 29 seats on the list of MPs, until after the Pheu Thai Party took the lead in the formation of the government. And on September 12, 2023, the Cabinet meeting decided to approve the appointment of Mr. Paophum to the position of Secretary to the Minister of Finance (Settha Thavisin).

After this, it would be time and opportunity for Paophum Rojanasakul to bring his knowledge and abilities to prove himself in his new position as Deputy Minister of Finance.