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Tourism
and Sports Minister: Suwit Yodmanee
Newly appointed interim Tourism and Sports
Minister Suvit is another dark horse. He served
as deputy spokesman for the Chatichai government
from 1988-91. In the Anand Panyarachun government,
he served as spokesman.
However, Suwit is better known for his role
in defending the image of his father-in-law,
Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn, leader
of the military junta in the 1970s. Suvit
has tirelessly travelled the world to tell
the international community Thanom was innocent
and not involved in two of the country's biggest
political tragedies: the massacres of October
14, 1973, and October 6, 1976.
With his background, there is doubt about
how well Suvit can handle his job overseeing
tourism, which contributes about 10 per cent
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