BANGKOK: Thailand's new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin pledged to act quickly to relieve the Southeast Asian country's economic problems in his inaugural speech to parliament on Monday, following four months of political uncertainty while lawmakers were unable to agree on a government.

Srettha entered politics after a career as a major real estate developer, and his government faces high expectations and pressing demands to address a range of economic, political, social and environmental problems in its four-year term.

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