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Thailand's Deputy PM Suriya to become caretaker premier, minister says

Thailand's Deputy PM Suriya to become caretaker premier, minister says

Thailand's Deputy PM Suriya to become caretaker premier, minister says
(From left) Suriya Juangroongruangkit, Julapun Amornvivat and Pheu Thai Party members attend the meeting at the parliament house to select its prime minister candidate ahead of a pivotal parliamentary vote on a new prime minister following the Constitutional Court's dismissal of Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug 15, 2024.
PHOTO: Reuters file

BANGKOK — Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit will become caretaker premier after a court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duty on Tuesday (July 1), Tourism Minister Sorawong Thienthong told Reuters.

Suriya, 70, also currently serves as transport minister. Paetongtarn has 15 days to respond the Constitutional Court after she was accused of dishonesty and breaching ethical standards over a leaked telephone conversation with Cambodia's influential former leader Hun Sen last month.

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Source: Reuters

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