| Suvit Maesincee | |
| Native Name: | สุวิทย์ เมษินทรีย์ |
| Office: | Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation |
| Primeminister: | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
| Term Start: | 10 July 2019 |
| Term End: | 15 July 2020 |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Successor: | Anek Laothamatas |
| Office1: | Minister of Science and Technology |
| Primeminister1: | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
| Term Start1: | 23 November 2017 |
| Term End1: | 23 January 2019 |
| Predecessor1: | Atchaka Sibunruang |
| Successor1: | Position dissolved |
| Office2: | Minister to the Office of the Prime Minister |
| Alongside2: | Ormsin Chivapruck |
| Primeminister2: | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
| Term Start2: | 15 December 2016 |
| Term End2: | 23 November 2017 |
| Birth Date: | 1961 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Party: | Sang Anakot Thai (2022—present) |
| Otherparty: | Palang Pracharath Party (2018–2020) |
| Nationality: | Thai |
| Spouse: | Pakakrong Maesincee |
Suvit Maesincee (th|สุวิทย์ เมษินทรีย์) is a former Thai politician. He served as the first Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Anek Laothamatas was appointed as his successor.[1] [2] On 19 January 2022, Maesincee joined the newly formed party Sang Anakot Thai (Building Thailand's Future), founded by Uttama Savanayana and Sontirat Sontijirawong.[3]
Suwit Maesincee was born on 12 May 1961 in Bangkok. He graduated from high school from Debsirin School. Then he graduated bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University and master's degree in Marketing From the Faculty of Business Administration, National Institute of Development Administration and a Ph.D. in marketing from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA.[4]
Suvit Maesincee used to serve as a Director of the Institute for Good Governance Promotion and is the Director of The Siam Industrial Gases Association (SIGA). He was an advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.[5]
After the 2014 Thai coup d'état, Suvit was appointed a member of the National Reform Council. Later in August 2015, Suwit Maesincee was appointed Deputy Minister of Commerce in the government of Prayut Chan-o-cha.[6] Then, in December 2016, he was appointed Minister of the Prime Minister's Office. He was appointed as the last Minister of Science and Technology on 23 November 2017 and resigned from his position on 29 January 2019 due to the dissolution of the ministry. Then he was appointed as Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovation being the first person in the position for this newly established ministry.[7] [8]