The Paetongtarn cabinet, formally the 64th Council of Ministers of Thailand (), was the government of Thailand between 3 September 2024 and 19 September 2025. It was formed after the Constitutional Court removed Srettha Thavisin from the premiership in August 2024, and was headed by Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the youngest person to hold the office.
The cabinet rested on a grand coalition assembled by the Pheu Thai Party that included the conservative parties which had backed the 2014 coup and the military-drafted 2017 constitution, among them Bhumjaithai, the United Thai Nation Party and the Democrat Party. Its program centered on economic stimulus, most prominently a series of 10,000-baht cash handouts, together with a partial increase in the minimum wage, a proposed law to license integrated casino resorts, and the re-tightening of Thailand's cannabis regime.
The government's authority was undermined by the escalating border conflict with Cambodia. On 18 June 2025 Bhumjaithai left the coalition after the leak of a telephone conversation between Paetongtarn and Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen. The Constitutional Court suspended Paetongtarn from duty on 1 July 2025 and dismissed her on 29 August 2025 for a serious breach of ethical standards, a ruling that terminated the cabinet as a whole. Phumtham Wechayachai served as acting prime minister in a caretaker capacity until the First Anutin cabinet took office on 19 September 2025.
Formation
On 14 August 2024 the Constitutional Court removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office for appointing a minister who had served a prison sentence, ending the Srettha cabinet after less than a year. Pheu Thai, which retained the right to nominate a successor, chose Paetongtarn Shinawatra, then 37 years old and the party leader, rather than its remaining reserve candidate Chaikasem Nitisiri.
The outgoing coalition was reconstituted largely intact, with one significant exception. A long-running quarrel inside the Palang Pracharath Party between its leader Prawit Wongsuwon and the faction led by Thamanat Prompow came to a head during the bargaining over portfolios, and Pheu Thai excluded the party from the new government while retaining Thamanat's group, which received three ministerial posts. The faction's members were formally expelled from Palang Pracharath and subsequently regrouped in the Kla Tham Party led by Narumon Pinyosinwat.
Paetongtarn was elected by the House of Representatives on 16 August 2024 with 319 votes and received the royal command of appointment the same day. The royal command appointing the 35 members of the cabinet was dated 3 September 2024 and published in the Royal Gazette the following day, and the prime minister and 35 ministers took the oath of office at Dusit Palace on 6 September 2024.
Paetongtarn delivered the government's policy statement to a joint sitting of parliament on 12 September 2024. The hour-long address set out nine challenges facing the country and ten urgent policies, and gave first place to a program of direct cash transfers worth some US$13.4 billion, alongside measures to support agriculture and tourism and to shield small and medium-sized enterprises from foreign e-commerce competition.
Election of the prime minister 16 August 2024Nomination of Paetongtarn Shinawatra (PTP) as Prime MinisterAbsolute majority: 248/494 Vote Parties Votes Yes Pheu Thai Party (139), Bhumjaithai Party (70), Palang Pracharath Party (39), United Thai Nation Party (36), Chart Thai Pattana Party (10), Prachachat Party (8), Thai Sang Thai Party (6), Chart Pattana Party (2), Thai Ruam Palang Party (2), Thai Liberal Party (1), Plung Sungkom Mai (1), Thai Counties (1), New Democracy Party (1), New Party (1), Thai Teachers for People Party (1) No People's Party (143), Fair Party (1), Thai Progress Party (1) Abstain Democrat Party (25), Pheu Thai Party (1), Prachachat Party (1) Not voting Pheu Thai Party (1), Bhumjaithai Party (1), Palang Pracharath Party (1)
List of ministers +PortfolioOrderMinisterTook officeLeft officePartyPrime Minister–Paetongtarn Shinawatra16 August 202429 August 2025Pheu Thai–Suriya Juangroongruangkit1 July 20253 July 2025Pheu Thai–Phumtham Wechayachai3 July 20257 September 2025Pheu ThaiDeputy Prime Ministers1Phumtham Wechayachai3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu Thai2Suriya Juangroongruangkit3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu Thai3Pichai Chunhavajira3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu Thai*Anutin Charnvirakul3 September 202419 June 2025Bhumjaithai4Pirapan Salirathavibhaga3 September 202419 September 2025United Thai Nation5Prasert Jantararuangtong3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu ThaiOffice of the Prime Minister6Chousak Sirinil3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu Thai7Jiraporn Sindhuprai3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu Thai8 Suchart Tancharoen 30 June 2025 19 September 2025Pheu ThaiMinister of Defence*Phumtham Wechayachai3 September 202430 June 2025Pheu Thai*Natthaphon Narkphanit30 June 202519 September 2025IndependentDeputy Minister of Defence9Natthaphon Narkphanit3 September 202419 September 2025IndependentMinister of Finance*Pichai Chunhavajira3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu ThaiDeputy Ministers of Finance10Julapun Amornvivat3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu Thai11Paophum Rojanasakul3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu ThaiMinister of Foreign Affairs12Maris Sangiampongsa3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu ThaiMinister of Tourism and Sports13Sorawong Thienthong3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu ThaiMinister of Social Development and Human Security14Varawut Silpa-archa3 September 202419 September 2025Chart Thai PattanaMinister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation*Supamas Isarabhakdi3 September 202419 June 2025Bhumjaithai15Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol30 June 202519 September 2025Pheu ThaiMinister of Agriculture and Cooperatives*Narumon Pinyosinwat3 September 202430 June 2025Kla Tham16Atthakorn Sirilatthayakorn30 June 202519 September 2025Kla ThamDeputy Ministers of Agriculture and Cooperatives*Itthi Sirilatthayakorn3 September 202430 June 2025Kla Tham17Akara Prompow3 September 202419 September 2025Kla ThamMinister of Transport*Suriya Juangroongruangkit3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu ThaiDeputy Ministers of Transport18Manaporn Charoensri3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu Thai19Surapong Piyachote3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu ThaiMinister of Digital Economy and Society*Prasert Jantararuangtong3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu ThaiMinister of Natural Resources and Environment20Chalermchai Sri-on3 September 202419 September 2025DemocratMinister of Energy*Pirapan Salirathavibhaga3 September 202419 September 2025United Thai NationMinister of Commerce*Pichai Naripthaphan3 September 202430 June 2025Pheu Thai21Jatuporn Buruspat30 June 202519 September 2025IndependentDeputy Ministers of Commerce*Napinthorn Srisanpang3 September 202419 June 2025Bhumjaithai22Suchart Chomklin3 September 202419 September 2025United Thai Nation23Chantawit Tantasith30 June 202519 September 2025IndependentMinister of Interior*Anutin Charnvirakul3 September 202419 June 2025Bhumjaithai*Phumtham Wechayachai30 June 202519 September 2025Pheu ThaiDeputy Ministers of Interior*Songsak Thongsri3 September 202419 June 2025Bhumjaithai*Sabida Thaiseth3 September 202419 June 2025Bhumjaithai24Theerarat Samrejvanich3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu Thai25Dech-it Khaothong3 September 202419 September 2025DemocratMinister of Justice26Tawee Sodsong3 September 202419 September 2025PrachachartMinister of Labour*Phipat Ratchakitprakarn3 September 202419 June 2025Bhumjaithai 27 Pongkawin Juangroongruangkit 30 June 2025 19 September 2025Pheu ThaiMinister of Culture*Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol3 September 202430 June 2025Pheu Thai*Paetongtarn Shinawatra30 June 202529 August 2025Pheu Thai*Suchart Tancharoen29 August 202519 September 2025Pheu ThaiMinister of Education*Permpoon Chidchob3 September 202419 June 2025Bhumjaithai28Narumon Pinyosinwat30 June 202519 September 2025Kla ThamDeputy Minister of Education*Surasak Phanchareonworakul3 September 202419 June 2025Bhumjaithai29Linthiporn Warinwatchararoj30 June 202519 September 2025Pheu Thai30Tewan Liptapallop30 June 202519 September 2025Chart PattanaMinister of Public Health31Somsak Thepsuthin3 September 202419 September 2025Pheu ThaiDeputy Minister of Public Health*Dech-it Khaothong3 September 202430 June 2025Democrat32Anucha Sasomsap30 June 202519 September 2025Chart Thai Pattana33Chaichana Dechdecho30 June 202519 September 2025DemocratMinister of Industry34Akanat Promphan3 September 202419 September 2025United Thai Nation
Policy
Economy
The government's flagship economic measure was the digital wallet stimulus, a scheme carried forward from the Srettha cabinet under which 10,000 baht was to be distributed to eligible adults. The single universal payment originally promised never arrived. Instead, it was delivered as a series of tranches, each aimed at a different group. A first phase in late September 2024 paid state welfare cardholders and people with disabilities in cash; a second phase in late January 2025 extended the payment to recipients aged 60 and over. In March 2025 the cabinet approved a third phase covering about 2.7 million people aged 16 to 20, to be paid for the first time through the digital wallet application itself, allowing the state to observe spending patterns. On 19 May 2025 the government's economic development committee shelved that phase. The Ministry of Finance insisted the money had been deferred, not canceled, and part of the remaining budget went instead to infrastructure and other stimulus.
External conditions worsened throughout the year. Once the United States confirmed a 19 percent tariff on Thai exports, the National Economic and Social Development Council cut its forecast for the year from a range of 2.3 to 3.3 percent down to 1.3 to 2.3 percent. High household debt and a strong baht weighed on growth as well.
The government also began to tackle household debt. On 11 December 2024 the cabinet approved "Khun Su, Rao Chuay" (, "You fight, we help"), a restructuring program drawn up with the Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Thailand and the Thai Bankers' Association. Targeting approximately 1.9 million retail and small-business borrowers, its principal measure, "Jai Trong Kong Sap", cut installments and suspended interest for three years on housing, vehicle and SME loans so that borrowers could keep the assets pledged against them. Registration opened the next day and was later extended to 30 April 2025. A second phase widening the eligibility criteria was approved in 2025.
The cabinet's second and last budget was approved in draft at 3,780,600 million baht, an increase of 0.7 percent on the previous year. While the prime minister was suspended, parliament was responsible for managing the budget's proceedings. The House took its second and third readings between 13 and 15 August 2025 and passed the bill by 257 votes to 230. The twenty-seven vote margin revealed the fragility of the coalition government's majority after Bhumjaithai's exit. Subsequently, the Senate considered it on 25 and 26 August. The Budget Act came into force on 1 October 2025, by which time the cabinet had been dismissed already.
Labor Pheu Thai had campaigned in 2023 on a national daily minimum wage of 400 baht. What the tripartite Wage Committee approved on 23 December 2024, to take effect on 1 January 2025, was an average rise of 2.9 percent spread across seventeen separate rates running from 337 to 400 baht. The full 400-baht rate applied only in Phuket, Chachoengsao, Chonburi and Rayong and on Ko Samui, with Bangkok and its surrounding provinces set at 372 baht.
Gambling and entertainment complexes