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2024.08.16 13:11 GMT+8

Thai lawmakers elect Paetongtarn Shinawatra as PM

Updated 2024.08.16 13:47 GMT+8
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Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a candidate backed by Thailand's Pheu Thai-led coalition, secured a simple majority in a parliamentary vote on Friday to become the country's new prime minister.

The 37-year-old Pheu Thai Party leader and daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will become the country's second female prime minister and the youngest.

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