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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: wisekwai | about 1 year agoThe newly elected prime minister vainly seeks to quell Bangkok’s continuing political chaos Thailand has a conciliatory new prime minister, Somchai Wongsawat, who is the brother-in-law of the ousted premier, Thaksin Shinawatra, who is ...
- Submitted By: wisekwai | about 1 year agoFollowing are five facts about Thailand's new prime minister, Somchai Wongsawat, who was elected by parliament on Wednesday.
- Submitted By: wisekwai | about 1 year agoSomchai Wongsawat, brother-in-law of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, became the 26th Thai prime minister after winning voting in the parliament on Wednesday. Somchai Wongsawat, brother-in-law of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, ...
- Submitted By: wisekwai | about 1 year agoLeaders of six coalition parties held a Tuesday night dinner and news conference to announce they will back acting premier and deputy People Power party leader Somchai Wongsawat as prime minister when parliament meets on Wednesday. Mr Somchai, ...
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- News Source: Kuwait Times | about 1 year agoThailand's government, seeking to ease a political standoff that has roiled the country for weeks, has initiated talks with the protest group occupying the prime minister's office compound. "We are all Thais. ... (I) don't bear any grudge against...
- News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 year agoarry Jagan Thailand has a new prime minister, Somchai Wongsawat -- the brother-in-law of the ousted premier, Thaksin Shinawatra, who is currently in exile in England. But while the new PM's election ends days of uncertainty, it will not resolve the...
- News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 year agoNEW Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat said on Saturday he will submit his new cabinet line-up to the king for royal approval in the coming days. 'There has been a lot progress... the full (cabinet) list will be ready and submitted to the king in...
- News Source: China Post | about 1 year agoPolice planned tight security for a pro-government rally Friday to welcome Thai land's new prime minister on the second anniversary of a 2006 coup that ousted his brother-in-law, then leader Thaksin Shinawatra. Political tensions remained high two...
- News Source: China Post | about 1 year agoThailand's new prime minister appealed for unity and reconciliation in his inau gural speech Thursday after weeks of political crisis, even as thousands of protesters refused to end their siege of the seat of government. Somchai Wongsawat, a 61-year-...
- News Source: China Post | about 1 year agoFormer Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who skipped bail last month and went into exile in London, said on Thursday that corruption charges against him were part of a conspiracy by political opponents. The billionaire insisted he would not...
- News Source: The Economist | about 1 year agoPremier-in-law Sep 19th 2008 From the Economist Intelligence Unit ViewsWire Thailand's parliament elects a new prime minister Thailand's legislature elected a new prime minister, Somchai Wongsawat of the People Power Party (PPP), on September 17th.
- News Source: Gulf News | about 1 year agoSomchai, a brother-in-law of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, declined to discuss details of what he had said to leaders of the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), but said he was optimistic there would be positive results. "We all...
- News Source: Gulf News | about 1 year agoThe Supreme Court agreed in July to hear accusations that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his ministers, including Surapong, infringed lottery laws in 2003. Analysts expect the court to take months to rule on the case. "I don't want to...
- News Source: The Nation | about 1 year agohe government will send a mediator to ensure talks with the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) are arranged as soon as possible, caretaker Justice Minister Sompong Amornwiwat said yesterday. The mediator is very familiar with both sides, he said.
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