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BANGKOK - THAILAND'S new civilian Cabinet will receive royal endorsement and be sworn in on Wednesday, Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said as the country returns to elected government following a 2006 bloodless coup.
'Tomorrow at 4.30pm I will bring the new Cabinet to have an audience with His Majesty,' Mr Samak told reporters on Tuesday as investors awaited a new government to revive an economy in the doldrums over 16 months of a military-appointed administration.
Mr Samak declined to disclose the names of his Cabinet ministers to be submitted to King Bhumibol Adulyadej for approval, followed by an oath-taking ceremony due at 5.30pm Singapore time.
Mr Samak, 72, who described himself in the December election campaign as a proxy for ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, led the People Power Party to within a few seats of forming a single-party government.
The PPP then teamed up with five other parties to form a coalition government commanding 316 of 480 seats in the House of Representatives. -- REUTERS
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