Career politician and former provincial governor Somsak Pureesrisak has been appointed as Thailand’s minister of tourism and sports. Pureesrisak replaces the late Chumpol Silpa-archa, who passed away in January 2013. He began his professional life in 1993 in the Department of Town and Country Planning, and has risen up the ranks since then. He twice served as governor of Suphan Buri Province in Central Thailand, the last time between 2006 and 2012.
