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Somchai Wongsawat was elected by Thailand's Parliament on Wednesday as the Kingdom's 26th prime minister. He succeeds Samak Sundaravej, leader of the People's...
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- Submitted By: wisekwaiIf you ask Thais about Somchai Wongsawat, Thailand’s new prime minister, they may jokingly answer “krup, krup!” Implying Thailand got a yes yes man as premier. A “low expectation premier,” foresees the Asia Times . ...
- Submitted By: wisekwaiWho is he? Brother in law of Thaksin, a former judge and justice minister. Thailand's new Prime Minister and the first Thai PM whose name I pronounced correctly at the first attempt. What happened to the previous PM? Samak Suntarajev was another ...
- Submitted By: wisekwaiIt must be a bit embarrassing to be the second name in your introduction by others. Today the world is being introduced to Thailand's newest Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's brother in law Somchai something or other. Already the media along with ...
- Submitted By: wisekwaiHe is a southerner, born in Nakhon Si Thammarat . I had always assumed since he married into the Thaksin clan, he was either from the North or Bangkok. I doubt it will help PPP break the Democrat's stronghold on the South though.
- Submitted By: wisekwaiSomchai in some ways is a complete opposite of Samak and in this divided political environment will help smooth over tensions by not appearing so harsh in his speaking style. I imagine give his legal background and number of years being a judge, ...
- Submitted By: wisekwaiA good wednesday… with enough drama to entertain us. NEW MUPPETS SHOW -Deputy leader of People Power party (PPP) Somchai Wongsawat is elected as Thailand’s 26th prime minister as expected, as 298 out of 470 MPs showed their support for ...
- Submitted By: wisekwaiThailand heads into a crucial parliamentary session today to choose a new prime minister, with the prospect of failure carrying the cost of a further loss of credibility. A failure could also lead to a possible House dissolution and snap election ...
- Submitted By: wisekwaiThe art room is where you can hear the funkiest music playing on their shiny Macs while they're tweaking the page layouts. What came out of their speakers today is a break from the usual Thai pop and whiny music. I have no idea who did the mix but ...
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- Blog Source: thai.thehouseofoojah.comof the People's Power Party agreed to nominate acting Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, brother-in-law of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, at a parliamentary vote scheduled for Wednesday, said party
- Blog Source: www.post.12buzz.comof the ruling People Power Party left one man dead. Parliament is scheduled to elect a successor.... Surapong was a spokesman for the administration of Thaksin, Somchai is married to his sister and Sompong
- Blog Source: accomthailand.wordpress.com. Somchai, the current education minister and brother-in-law of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra... premier (2nd Roundup) By DPA Sep 12, 2008, 11:23 GMT Bangkok - Thailand's Parliament on Friday
- Blog Source: blog.pattayacitythailand.comThaksin’s brother in law voted as new Prime Minister Somchai elected new prime minister Somchai Wongsawat, a deputy leader of the People Power Party, was elected Wednesday as the new prime minister. A total of 298 MPs voted in support ...
- Blog Source: www.nowpublic.comAfter weeks of turmoil Thailand lawmakers have finally elected a new Prime Minister and deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had managed to retain his control. He had managed to get Somchai Wongsawat his brother-in-law elected as ...
- Blog Source: www.huffingtonpost.comExecutives of the ruling People's Power Party on Monday nominated Somchai _ the brother-in-law of deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra _ to become the next prime minister. The move angered a faction within the party that vowed to abstain ...
- Blog Source: bangkokpundit.blogspot.comto say that Surapong or Somchai, or in fact anyone within PPP, are less connected to Thaksin than Samak... s boycotted the session to prevent the re-election of Samak Sundaravej , who was ordered to step
- Blog Source: www.andrew-drummond.comthe benefit of the doubt or give him a honeymoon period. Mr Somchai's ties to Mr Thaksin - his wife...Link to Times story Andrew Drummond in Bangkok Thailand’s government party the People
- Blog Source: thaicrisis.wordpress.com-Thailand’s People Power Party along with its five coalition parties announced on Tuesday their support for the nomination of caretaker prime minister Somchai Wongsawat as the new head of government. (TNA) ...
- Blog Source: thailandtonight.blogspot.comand angered anti-government protesters, the governing party of Thailand nominated a brother-in-law... in the 480-seat Parliament. A faction that represents 73 of the party's 233 seats said it opposed Somchai
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