There are 12 new faces in the 36-member line-up.
BANGKOK - Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's new Cabinet, the Royal Gazette showed on Sept 4, with 12 new faces in the 36-member line-up.
Deputy premier Phumtham Wechayachai takes on the defence portfolio and has been replaced as commerce minister by top Pheu Thai advisor and former energy minister Pichai Naripthaphan. , after the shock removal of predecessor Srettha Thavisin by a court, which said he had violated ethics in a Cabinet appointment.
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