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Formed 3 October 2002: as Ministry of Information and Technology
16 September 2016: as Ministry of Digital Economy and Society Headquarters Chaeng Watthana Government Complex, Building B, Chaeng Watthana Road, Lak Si District, Bangkok Annual budget 20,172,851,700 baht (2016) Minister responsible Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong, acting minister Ministry executive Wilailuk Chuliwattanakul, permanent secretary | ||
The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES; Thai: กระทรวงดิจิทัลเพื่อเศรษฐกิจและสังคม), formerly known as the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT), Thai: กระทรวงเทคโนโลยีสารสนเทศและการสื่อสาร, is a cabinet ministry of Thailand. MICT was established on 3 October 2002 by the Administrative Reorganisation Act, 2002. The new ministry was created as the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society by the Re-organization of Ministry, Bureau and Department Act, B.E. 2558. The ministry is headed by a minister of state, currently Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong, a member of the military junta National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), as acting minister.
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In September 2016, MICT was dissolved and replaced by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society. The new ministry assumed the responsibilities of MICT. MICT's former agencies, the National Statistics Office of Thailand, the Thai Meteorological Department, the Electronic Transactions Development Agency, Thailand Post, TOT, and CAT Telecom, are to be transferred to the new agency. The National Disaster Warning Center, formerly under MICT, are to be transferred to the Interior Ministry. MICT's Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA) will be dissolved and some of its staff transferred to a newly established unit under the new ministry.