PUBLISHED: 7 Oct 2024 at 17: 09
On Monday, the officers payment led by Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra voted unanimously to appoint assistant federal police captain Pol Gen Kitrat Phanphet as Thailand‘s fresh and 15th federal police chief.
Eight votes went to Pol Gen Kitrat’s favor. The prime minister abstained. He was the most senior of the three candidates for the position. He was one of them. He will reach retirement age, 60 years, in 2026.
Pol Gen Kraiboon Suadsong, the deputy national police chief, and Pol Gen Thana Choowong, the other two candidates, were chosen.
At the Royal Police Cadet Academy, Pol Gen Kitrat graduated from Class 41. He began his professional life at the Rayong provincial police station’s Muang Rayong as a deputy interrogation inspector.
He has served as police inspector-general, commissioner of the national police chief’s office, assistant national police chief and deputy police chief.
Since his predecessors, Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol and Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, who are both now inactive, were recently appointed to inactive positions at Government House as a result of allegations of involvement in illegal online gambling, the force has grown a rift.  ,