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HM the King royally endorses Cabinet reshuffle

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BANGKOK: -- His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Friday gave his royal endorsement to the cabinet reshuffle proposed by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva involving five ministerial posts.

Under the minor cabinet reshuffle, Democrat party deputy leader and senior MP Trairong Suwankiri was appointed deputy premier in charge of economic affairs to replace Korbsak Sabhavasu who resigned his post and was appointed Secretary-General to the Prime Minister.

Government Chief Whip Chinnaworn Boonyakiat became education minister, succeeding Jurin Laksanawisit who took the reins of the public health ministry after Witthaya Kaewparadai resigned on December 29 to take responsibility for mismanagement of the ministry's Bt86 billion procurement budget under the Thai Khemkhaeng (Strong Thailand) stimulus package.

Deputy Public Health Minister Manit Nop-amornbodi resigned last week after initially resisting government pressure and the public outcry regarding the situation, and the Bhumjaithai Party's Phansiri Kulnardsiridamrong took Mr Manit's vacated post.

Mrs Phansiri is a sister of Somsak Thepsuthin, leader of the Matchimathipatai faction in the Bhumchaithai Party. The former executive of the former Thai Rak Thai Party was banned from politics for five years following the Constitution Court ruling to dissolve the party on grounds of election fraud.

Suchart Chokechaiwattanakorn was appointed Deputy Minister of Transport after Prachak Kaewklaharn of the Bhumchaithai Party resigned Thursday.

Mr Prajak reportedly promised to step down and give the job to Mr Suchart after one year in office.

The five new ministers are scheduled to take an oath of allegiance before His Majesty the King at Siriraj Hospital, where the monarch has been receiving medical treatment, on Monday at 5.30pm.

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-- TNA 2010-01-16

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