Thai PM-elect taps veterans to run foreign, energy and finance ministries


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  • Saturday, 06 Sep 2025

FILE PHOTO: Bhumjaithai Party leader and prime ministerial candidate Anutin Charnvirakul arrives at the parliament ahead of the vote for a new prime minister, following the Constitutional Court's removal of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office for an ethics violation, in Bangkok, Thailand, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Patipat Janthong/File Photo

BANGKOK -Thailand's Prime Minister-elect Anutin Charnvirakul on Saturday named a veteran diplomat, the former head of the Revenue Department and a senior oil and gas executive to run the country's foreign, finance and energy ministries.

He said diplomat Sihasak Phuangketkeow, economist Ekniti Nitithanprapas and PTT executive Auttapol Rerkpiboon would be "top executives in the organizations they will be responsible for", and would "bring confidence."

(Reporting by Chayut Setboonsarng; Editing by Jan Harvey)

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