New Thai PM puts reconciliation first
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August 9, 2011, Tuesday
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YINGLUCK Shinawatra, the sister of an ousted Thai leader, is vowing to work for national reconciliation after being confirmed as the country's first woman prime minister.
King Bhumibol Adulyadej ratified her appointment by royal command in a ceremony yesterday at her Pheu Thai party headquarters.
Yingluck's brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was removed in a 2006 military coup after being accused of corruption and disrespect for the monarchy. The coup sparked a sometimes violent struggle for power that has left the country polarized.
Yingluck, 44, was yesterday putting the finishing touches to a 35-member cabinet expected to be unveiled in the next day or so, more than a month after her general election victory.
She won a parliamentary vote on the premiership on Friday, heading a six-party coalition led by her Pheu Thai party.
Yesterday she said: "We have discussed this with coalition parties and completed almost 80 percent of the cabinet list."
Four ministerial posts - commerce, finance, defence and the deputy prime minister - are likely to be taken by outsiders, according to reports.
Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala is widely tipped to become finance minister after his resignation last week as secretary-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a financial market watchdog, after almost eight years in the job.
Yingluck said on Friday she had discussed the position with 59-year-old Thirachai, a British-educated accountant and former central bank deputy governor, and confirmed he was a contender.
King Bhumibol Adulyadej ratified her appointment by royal command in a ceremony yesterday at her Pheu Thai party headquarters.
Yingluck's brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was removed in a 2006 military coup after being accused of corruption and disrespect for the monarchy. The coup sparked a sometimes violent struggle for power that has left the country polarized.
Yingluck, 44, was yesterday putting the finishing touches to a 35-member cabinet expected to be unveiled in the next day or so, more than a month after her general election victory.
She won a parliamentary vote on the premiership on Friday, heading a six-party coalition led by her Pheu Thai party.
Yesterday she said: "We have discussed this with coalition parties and completed almost 80 percent of the cabinet list."
Four ministerial posts - commerce, finance, defence and the deputy prime minister - are likely to be taken by outsiders, according to reports.
Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala is widely tipped to become finance minister after his resignation last week as secretary-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a financial market watchdog, after almost eight years in the job.
Yingluck said on Friday she had discussed the position with 59-year-old Thirachai, a British-educated accountant and former central bank deputy governor, and confirmed he was a contender.
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