Jatuporn Buruspat

Jatuporn earned his Bachelor of Political Science and Master of Political Science in Public Administration from Chulalongkorn University. He later obtained a Master of Science in Forest and Environmental Resource Management from Kasetsart University.

Jatuporn started his civil service career in 1987 in the Department of Provincial Administration of the Ministry of Interior. He transferred to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in 2002, serving as Deputy Director-General of the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion,^[1] and later held successive posts as director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Department of Water Resources, and Department of Environmental Quality Promotion. He was named the ministry's deputy permanent secretary in 2015, then Director-General of the Pollution Control Department the following year and Director-general of Department of Marine and Coastal Resources in 2017. In 2019, he became Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.^[2]

On 27 June 2025, it was reported that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was appointing Jaturporn as Commerce Minister following a cabinet reshuffle.^[3] He resigned his board position at PTT Public Company Limited the same day.^[4] The official appointment was made by royal decree on 30 June.^[5]