Anutin II cabinet formally okayed by King
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BHUMJAITHAI-LED cabinet of ministers under Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has been formally approved by His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn. The Anutin II cabinet lineup, published in the Royal Gazette today (March 31), consists of 35 persons including the re-elected head of government who takes charge of the interior portfolio […]
Read MoreAnutin II cabinet lineup to be submitted to Monarch on Monday
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A NEW LINEUP of a Bhumjaithai-led cabinet of ministers will likely be submitted on the upcoming Monday to His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn for formal approval, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul confirmed over the weekend. Following last month’s general election, the Anutin II cabinet lineup reportedly consists of 36 ministers, 28 […]
Read MoreJulapun dismisses tussle over Pheu Thai cabinet seats
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI leader Julapun Amornvivat today (March 24) categorically dismissed hearsay that some constituency-based MPs of the neo-conservative party had aired frustrations for not being handed a ministerial seat in a Bhumjaithai-led cabinet and threatened to seek re-election in the future under another party’s tickets. Julapun downplayed the sustained criticism […]
Read MoreAnutin II cabinet to have 28 ministers under Bhumjaithai quota, 8 under Pheu Thai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BHUMJAITHAI-LED cabinet of ministers headed by Prime Minister-Designate Anutin Charnvirakul will likely consist of 24 Bhumjaithai figures plus four “non-politician” technocrats under the quota of the largest elected party steered by de facto party boss Newin Chidchob and eight others from the Pheu Thai, the second largest coalition partner, […]
Read MoreNew faces, familiar faces featured in Anutin Cabinet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE LATEST CABINET under Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, expected to be formally endorsed by His Majesty the King very shortly, features new faces as well as familiar figures either attached to the head of government himself or his Bhumjaithai-led coalition partners. Anutin has apparently opted to play triple roles as […]
Read MoreAllocation of cabinet seats completed: Anutin
PRIME MINISTER-ELECT Anutin Charnvirakul said this evening (Sep. 6) the allocation of cabinet seats is 100 percent finalised with all ministers-designate aware of the conditions and limitations and ready to work immediately after the oath-taking ceremony before His Majesty the King, Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said. Questioned about the position of defence minister […]
Read MoreFour Pheu Thai cabinet members tipped to resign as party-listed MPs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FOUR PHEU THAI cabinet members are anticipated shortly to resign as party-listed MPs so they will be immediately replaced with others in effort to secure a majority of elected lawmakers for the Pheu Thai-led coalition government, no matter how meagre and precarious it could be, according to a partisan source. […]
Read MoreBhumjaithai told to return interior portfolio within couple of days
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI, core of the current coalition, has bluntly told the Bhumjaithai, the second largest coalition partner, to return the interior portfolio to the largest ruling party within a couple of days or else the latter could be eventually expelled from the coalition government. The Pheu Thai under Prime […]
Read MoreAnutin softens stand for Interior portfolio
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI LEADER Anutin Charnvirakul today (June 17) eased up his verbal insistence on his continuing to take charge of the interior portfolio and advised that the current Pheu Thai-led cabinet under Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra be subject sooner or later to a reshuffle of the whole deck which may invariably […]
Read MoreNarumon denies being reshuffled out of Agriculture & Cooperatives portfolio
By Thai Newsroom Reporters KLATHAM LEADER Narumon Pinyosinwat today (June 4) categorically dismissed speculation that she would probably be reshuffled from the current seat of agriculture & cooperatives minister and be replaced by an MP of the same coalition camp. Narumon branded as “utterly groundless” the hearsay that she would probably be transferred from […]
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