New Thai Premier Expects to Wrap Up Cabinet Talks This Week

(Bloomberg) -- Thailand’s new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said she expects to wrap up talks with her coalition parties this week about the make-up of her cabinet, a day after securing royal endorsement to become the country’s youngest leader.

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The leaders of the ruling alliance, which comprises Paetongtarn’s Pheu Thai party and 10 others, will hold talks this week with a target to reach an agreement on the cabinet formation, the prime minister told reporters in Bangkok on Monday.

Paetongtarn, the youngest daughter of former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, won a parliament vote on Friday by almost two-thirds majority. The 37-year-old was picked for the prime ministerial post after the country’s Constitutional Court dismissed Srettha Thavisin in an ethics violation case.

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Her government plans to review a controversial $14 billion cash handout plan pushed by Srettha’s administration to ensure compliance with the nation’s fiscal discipline law, the prime minister said on Sunday.

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