BANGKOK, 14 August 2011 (NNT) – Ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has offered to help promote the country’s economy as the trade ambassador according to a Pheu Thai Party MP. Pheu Thai party list MP Thanik Masipitak said Mr.Thaksin had expressed his wish during their meeting in Dubai. The MP claimed the former premier was […]
The government has now revealed a practical side to the Pheu Thai Party’s election policy to hand out free computer tablets to students. Next year, these devices will come equipped with e-textbooks. Yet, criticism has not died down. According to Education Minister Woravat Auapinyakul, each tablet will cost no more than Bt3,000 and its use-life […]
BANGKOK, Aug 10 — His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Wednesday urged Thailand’s new cabinet to work with honesty for the country’s stability amid the present global turmoil. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her 35-member cabinet took the oath of allegiance in an audience with HM the King at Siriraj Hospital where he has been […]
Thailand’s new prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, has unveiled a new cabinet after receiving the approval of the country’s king. Details of the 35-member Cabinet were released late Tuesday, a day after Ms. Yingluck took office with a call for peace and national reconciliation. The new Cabinet includes four “outsiders”, or non-lawmakers, but notably excludes leaders […]
Yingluck Shinawatra has officially become the 28th prime minister of Thailand after receiving the royal endorsement this evening. His Majesty the King granted his royal command to formally endorse Pheu Thai’s number one party-list MP Yingluck Shinawatra as Thailand’s 28th prime minister, also the country’s first female leader. House Speaker Somsak Kiatsuranon received the royal […]
BANGKOK, 7 August 2011 (NNT) – Sources from the Pheu Thai Party indicates that the ‘Yingluck Government’ will push Thaksin Shinawatra’s Royal Military Academy Prep-School classmate Sukumpol Suwannadat as Minister of Transport. The ex-Deputy Commander in Chief of the Air Force was destined to be the next boss for the Thai air force back in […]
BANGKOK, Aug 5 – Thailand’s House of Representatives voted 296-3 for Yingluck Shinawatra, a top-party list Pheu Thai MP and sister of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, to become Thailand’s first female prime minister. There were 197 abstentions. The vote in the 500-seat lower chamber of Parliament came a month after her Pheu Thai party […]
Thailand’s parliament is meeting this week for the first time since the July 3 general elections that resulted in a clear majority for the Pheu Thai Party and its leader, Yingluck Shinawatra. But Ms. Yingluck faces considerable challenges ranging from selection of her Cabinet to implementing the party’s populist election promises. Thailand’s first female PM […]
