BANGKOK — Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's new Cabinet, the Southeast Asian country's Royal Gazette showed on Wednesday, with 12 new faces in the 36-member lineup of her coalition government.
Paetongtarn, 38, was elected by parliament last month to become Thailand's youngest premier after the shock removal of her predecessor Srettha Thavisin by the Constitutional Court.
YOUNG PREMIER Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaks during a press conference at her Pheu Thai Party's headquarters in the capital Bangkok on Aug. 18, 2024. EPA PHOTO