May 7 – A file picture shows Thai caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan smile during a press conference at the office of the Permanent Secretary for Defense in Bangkok, Thailand.
Thailand’s cabinet nominated Deputy Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan, to replace the ousted prime minister after the caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was relieved of office today by a constitutional court ruling that she broke the law when she transferred a civil servant three years ago.
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