Overview

• Parliament elected Anutin on Friday with 311 votes, and after the royal endorsement was read on Sunday he formally took office.
• His coalition support from the People’s Party hinges on dissolving parliament within four months for fresh elections and advancing constitutional change.
• Anutin announced Ekniti Nitithanprapas for finance, Auttapol Rerkpiboon for energy, and Sihasak Phuangketkeow for foreign affairs, with appointments pending royal approval.
• He pledged no favouritism, persecution or revenge, and said he would move quickly to form a cabinet and enforce the law.
• Thaksin Shinawatra departed for Dubai before the vote and faces a Supreme Court ruling Tuesday over his hospital stay, with analysts saying the verdict could see him jailed.