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Yingluck receives royal endorsement as Thai PM

Updated: 2011-08-09 08:35

By Cao Yin (Agencies/Xinhua)

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Yingluck receives royal endorsement as Thai PM

Thailand's first female Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (R) is greeted by her husband Anusorn Amornchat (C) and their son Supasek Amornchat (L) after receiving the royal command appointing her as the country's new premier at the Puea Thai party headquarters in Bangkok August 8, 2011. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was on Monday putting the finishing touches to a 35-member cabinet expected to be unveiled in the next two days, more than a month after her general election victory on July 3. [Photo/Agencies]

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