Summary
The Yingluck Cabinet describes the cabinet selections of Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who served as Prime Minister from 2011 to 2014. Shinawatra was appointed effective 5 August 2011, and she handed in her cabinet list for endorsement on 9 August 2011. Yingluck and her cabinet were sworn in at Siriraj Hospital where King Bhumibol Adulyadej resided, on 10 August 2011.[1]
Yingluck Cabinet | |
|---|---|
 60th Council of Ministers of Thailand | |
| 2011–2014 | |
 | |
| Date formed | 9 August 2011 |
| Date dissolved | 22 May 2014 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | Bhumibol Adulyadej |
| Prime Minister |
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| Prime Minister's history | 2011–2014 |
| Deputy Prime Ministers | First appointment (9 August 2011)
Second appointment (18 January 2012)
Third appointment (28 October 2012)
Fourth appointment (2 April 2013)
Fifth appointment (30 June 2013)
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| No. of ministers | 24 |
| Total no. of members | 72 |
| Member party | |
| Status in legislature | Coalition government 300 / 500 (60%) |
| Opposition cabinet | Second Abhisit cabinet |
| Opposition party | |
| Opposition leader | Abhisit Vejjajiva |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 2011 |
| Legislature term(s) | 24th Thai House of Representatives |
| Budget(s) |
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| Predecessor | Abhisit cabinet |
| Successor | First Prayut cabinet |
She would go on to reorganize the cabinet multiple times. Occasionally either the members of the cabinet or the occasion of the swearing was notable in some way.
Cabinet Yingluck I edit
Composition of the Council of Ministers before 18 January 2012:
| Party key | Pheu Thai Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Chartthaipattana Party | ||
| Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party | ||
| Phalang Chon Party | ||
| Independent |
Cabinet Yingluck II edit
On 18 January 2012, Yingluck reshuffled her cabinet, assigning six cabinet members to new posts, naming ten new ministers and deputies and dismissing nine members of the government.[3] The regrouping was assessed as a step to increase loyalty to the head of government and a reaction to discontent with the government's management of the flood disaster.[3][4] Especially noted was the choice of Nalinee Taveesin (Minister in the PM's Office), who is on a U.S. blacklist for alleged business links to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe,[5][6][7] and Nattawut Saikua (Deputy Minister of Agriculture), the first leader of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, or "Red Shirts") in the government.[8][9][10] Yingluck's first cabinet had not incorporated any "Red Shirts" activists.[11]
Composition after the reshuffle on 18 January 2012:
| Party key | Pheu Thai Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Chartthaipattana Party | ||
| Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party | ||
| Phalang Chon Party | ||
| Independent |
Cabinet Yingluck III edit
The cabinet was again reshuffled on 27 October 2012. The new Ministers were sworn in by King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Siriraj Hospital where he resides. It was reportedly the first time that the King did not address the Council of Ministers in swearing in them.[13]
| Party key | Pheu Thai Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Chartthaipattana Party | ||
| Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party | ||
| Phalang Chon Party | ||
| Independent |
Cabinet Yingluck IV edit
After another reshuffle, Yingluck's fifth cabinet was announced on 30 June 2013.[15]
| Party key | Pheu Thai Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Chartthaipattana Party | ||
| Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party | ||
| Phalang Chon Party | ||
| Independent |
References edit
- ^ "Yingluck's govt locked in and ready", Bangkok Post, 10 August 2011, retrieved 9 Aug 2011
- ^ http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/251118/yingluck-cabinet
- ^ a b Drastic overhauling for Thai Cabinet, Asia One, 18 January 2012, retrieved 19 January 2012
- ^ Yingluck Enhances Unity with Cabinet Reshuffle, CRI, 19 January 2012, archived from the original on July 8, 2012, retrieved 19 January 2012
- ^ Petty, Martin (19 January 2012), Thai PM gives cabinet post to U.S. blacklisted businesswoman, Reuters, archived from the original on 6 May 2014, retrieved 19 January 2012
- ^ New Thai minister on US blacklist for Mugabe links, AFP, 19 January 2012, retrieved 19 January 2012
- ^ New Thai minister on US blacklist, Asia One, 19 January 2012, archived from the original on March 9, 2012, retrieved 19 January 2012
- ^ A new cabinet reshuffle in Thailand, Bahrain News Agency (BNA), 19 January 2012, retrieved 19 January 2012
- ^ Doksone, Thanyarat (18 January 2012), Thai 'Red Shirt' Firebrand Appointed to Cabinet, ABC News, retrieved 19 January 2012
- ^ Blacklisted Businesswoman, Red Shirt Leader Join Thai Cabinet, Voice of America, 18 January 2012, retrieved 19 January 2012
- ^ Chachavalpongpun, Pavin (10 August 2011), Thailand's New Yingluck Cabinet, Asia Sentinel, retrieved 19 January 2012
- ^ "Yingluck: Reshuffle for suitability", Bangkok Post, 17 January 2012, retrieved 19 January 2012
- ^ พงศ์เทพเผยในหลวงงดกระแสพระราชดำรัส - จารุพงศ์แย้มยงยุทธรับที่ปรึกษา มท. 1 [Phongthep revealed that the King gave no address - Charuphong said Yongyut accepted to serve as Interior Minister's Advisor] (in Thai). Manager. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ The Nation (October 28, 2012). "New Cabinet announced". nationmultimedia.com.
- ^ "Nation Thailand news website, thai news, thailand news, Bangkok thailand, aec, breaking news : Nation Thailand".
- ^ http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Yingluck-V-Cabinet-announced-30209440.html