Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan, deputy prime minister and minister of commerce, has been named caretaker prime minister by the cabinet.
Deputy Prime Minister Phongthep Thepkanjana said the appointment was made under Article 10 of the Country Administration Act, according to The Nation.
Niwatthamrong was named commerce minister last July and tasked with resolving then-mounting concern over the government’s rice pledging scheme.
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