The list of Thailand's new Cabinet led by recently-elected Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat got royal endorsement by the King Bhumibol Adulyadej Wednesday.
The King signed the royal decree late Wednesday afternoon to endorse the new Cabinet line-up, which is composed of 36 members. Prime Minister Somchai, the country's 26th premier, is also Defence Minister, followed by a total of five Deputy Prime Ministers led by Chavalit Yongchaiyudh.
A veteran politician, the 76-year-old Chavalit was former prime minister, army chief and supreme commander-in-chief. He has been appointed as the Deputy PM in charge of security affairs.
The other Deputy PMs include former justice minister Sompong Amornwiwat, former deputy prime minister Sanan Kachornprasart, former deputy public health minister Chavarat Charnvirakul and a new face Olarn Chaiprawat, a former leading banker and economics expert in the country who has been invited to join the government to help tackle the economic problems facing the country.
Deputy PM Sompong also serves as Foreign Minister.
The new cabinet members will be granted an audience with the King on Thursday at the cenral beach resort town Hua Hin, where the King now resides, to be sworn in.
The new Cabinet will have their first group photo at the Don Mueang military airport on the suburb of Bangkok, which is being refurnished to serve as a new venue for the administration head office, since the original Government House has been occuppied by anti-government demonstrators led by the civilian group People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) since Aug. 26.
Source: Xinhua
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