Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra Susun Cabinet, Will Ask For Royal Approval

JAKARTA - Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra completed his cabinet of choice. The composition of the cabinet will be handed over to the Kingdom for approval.

Senior officials in the interim government, previously said the new government should have been formed by mid-September.

The new cabinet is expected to retain current finance and foreign ministers but is likely to have 11 new ministers and deputy ministers, according to local media reports citing unnamed sources.

Sorawong Thienthong, Secretary-General of the ruling Pheu Thai Party in Paetongtarn, told Reuters the new government should gain more parliamentary seats than its predecessor.

He declined to comment on the list of new cabinet members.

After Sretta Thavisin was removed from his post as prime minister through a court order, populist party Pheu Thai quickly garnered support behind his inexperienced leader, Paetongtarn (38) with parliament choosing him as prime minister a few days later.

Paetongtarn is Thailand's youngest prime minister and the second woman and the fourth member of his billionaire family to hold the post.

Paetongtarn is the daughter of the influential former prime minister and likes to divide Thaksin Shinawatra, who is still seen as the main force behind the party.

The new government removed the Palang Pracharat party which sided with the military and included the Democratic Party in the coalition.