Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (centre R) shakes hands with the Pheu Thai party's prime ministerial candidate Yodchanan Wongsawat (centre L) in February 2026

Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (centre R) shakes hands with the Pheu Thai party's prime ministerial candidate Yodchanan Wongsawat (centre L) in February 2026

 Arnun Chonmahatrakool

Thailand's king endorsed the new cabinet of second-term Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, with the nephew of jailed ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra made a deputy prime minister, the Royal Gazette said Tuesday.

The cabinet posts, mostly reserved for members of Anutin's party, include six deputy prime minister positions -- one of which was given to Yodchanan Wongsawat, the top candidate of Thaksin's Pheu Thai party in the general election last month.

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