Thai PM Reshuffles Cabinet in Bid to Steady Wobbly Government
The new cabinet line-up included Jatuporn Buruspat, a former bureaucrat, as the new Commerce Minister and several other new faces, according to a Royal Gazette notification endorsed by King Maha Vajiralongkorn. Senior Pheu Thai politician Phumtham Wechayachai was moved to the Interior Ministry from Defense Ministry.
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