The Ministry of Science and Technology (Thai: กระทรวงวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี; RTGS: krasuang witthaya sat lae theknoloyi; Abrv: MOST), was a Thai government body responsible for the oversight of science and technology in Thailand.
[4][5] On 24 October 2018, the Thai cabinet approved the creation of the Ministry of Higher Education Science Research and Innovation.
The new ministry will merge the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Office of the Higher Education Commission (OHEC), the National Research Council of Thailand, and the Thailand Research Fund.
The Minister of Science and Technology, Suvit Maesincee, will head the new ministry.
[6] On 1 May 2019, the Royal Gazette published the Act of Ministries, Bureaus, and Departments Improvement (No.