(Unofficial Translation)
No. 136 Chapter 69 Gor
Government Gazette
27 May 2019
director in section 8 (4), the selection committee shall select the persons who have qualifications
in section 8 (1)or section 8 (4) as the case may be, including having the qualifications and no
prohibited characteristics under section 11 and agree to be nominated for the selection in the
same number as the number of Chairperson to be appointed in section 8 (1) or the number of the
honorary director in to be appointed in section 8 (4).
After the Chairperson in section 8 (1) or the honorary director in section 8 (4)
have been selected, the selection committee shall submit the name of Chairperson in section 8
(1) or the honorary director in section 8 (4) together with the evidence of qualifications and no
prohibited characteristics as well as the consent of such persons to the Cabinet for the
appointment as the Chairperson in section 8 (1) or the honorary director in section 8 (4).
The Prime Minister shall publish names of the Chairperson in section 8 (1) or
honorary directors in section 8 (4) who are appointed by the Cabinet in the Government Gazette.
Section 11
The Chairperson and the honorary director shall have the
qualifications, and shall not be under the following prohibited characteristics:
(1) being of Thai nationality;
(2) not being bankrupt, or having been previously dishonestly bankrupt;
(3) not being an incompetent or quasi-incompetent person;
(4) not having been previously subjected to a final judgment to imprisonment
regardless of whether he or she has actually been imprisoned or not, except for an offence
committed by negligence or a misdemeanor;
(5) not having been previously fired, dismissed or discharged from official
service, a government agency or a state enterprise or private agency on the grounds of dishonest
performance of duties or having committed severe wrongful conducts;
(6) not having been previously removed from office according to the law;
(7) not being a person holding political position, a member of local assembly or
in a management position of local administration, a director or person holding position
responsible for the management of political party, an adviser or officer of political party.
Section 12
The Chairperson and the honorary director shall hold office for
a term of four years.
Upon the expiration of the term of office under paragraph one, if a new
Chairperson or the honorary director has not yet been appointed, the Chairperson or the honorary
director whose term of office has expired, shall be in office to continue to perform his or her
duties until a new Chairperson or honorary director assumes his or her duties.
The Chairperson, or the honorary director, who vacates office upon the
expiration of the term, may be reappointed, but shall not seat in his or her office for more than
two terms.
Section 13
In addition to vacating office upon the expiration of the term
under section 12, the Chairperson and the honorary director vacates office upon:
(1) death;
(2) resignation;
(3) being dismissed by the Cabinet due to negligence in the performance of
duty, disgraceful behavior, or incapability;
(4) being disqualified, or under any of the prohibited characteristics under
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