File photo: Jirayu Houngsub
Jirayu Houngsub, 55, a veteran Pheu Thai MP, is tipped to become the new spokesperson for the Paetongtarn Shinawatra administration.
An informed source within the ruling Pheu Thai Party says that the prime minister has already discussed the appointment with Jirayu and will nominate him during the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. He previously served as Defence Ministry spokesman in the Srettha government.
Jirayu was a media personality with iTV, before joining the Pheu Thai Party’s communications team.
He twice won a parliamentary seat in Khlong Sam Wa district of Bangkok, before losing to the now-defunct Move Forward Party candidate in the general election last year.
It is still unknown who else will be on the team.
Earlier reports had suggested that Jakrapob Penkair, a former spokesman in the Thaksin Shinawatra government in 2006 and former red shirt leader, might take the position.
Jakrapob returned to Thailand in March after 15 year in self-imposed exile.
