Virachai Plaisai is the ambassador and permanent representative of Thailand to the United Nations, having been appointed to his post in 2015. From 2009 to 2015, he served as ambassador of Thailand to the Netherlands, having previously held a variety of international economic, legal, and diplomatic roles for the Thai government. A career diplomat, Mr. Plasai began his diplomatic service in 1987 in his country’s department of political affairs, serving in posts in the department of treaties and legal affairs, eventually becoming director-general of the department of international economic affairs in 2007.