BANGKOK, Thailand — Thai lawmakers on Friday elected the 37-year-old daughter of billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister, elevating a third member of the influential but divisive clan to the nation's top job.
BANGKOK, Thai land — Thai lawmakers on Friday elected the 37-year-old daughter of billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister, elevating a third member of the influential but divisive clan to the nation's top job.Paetongtarn Shinawatra , whose father and aunt have served as premier, is the youngest leader in Thai land's history as a constitutional monarchy.
But alarmed senators blocked MFP's attempt to form a government.Pheu Thai subsequently formed an alliance with pro-military parties once staunchly opposed to Thaksin and his followers, leading to Srettha's ascension.Less than a year later, he became the third Pheu Thai prime minister to be kicked out by the Constitutional Court.Srettha was ousted over his appointment of Pichit Chuenban, a former lawyer associated with Thaksin's family who had a criminal conviction.
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