BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Parliament elected Paetongtarn Shinawatra , the youngest daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra , as prime minister Friday.
BANGKOK — Thailand’s Parliament elected Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, as prime minister Friday.
Paetongtarn received warm greetings and applause from members of her party before delivering her first speech after the Parliament vote at the party's office in Bangkok. Admitting she was very excited, she said she was very “honored and happy,” and thanked members of Parliament for their votes. Her public entry into politics came in 2021 when the Pheu Thai party announced she would lead an inclusion advisory committee. She was appointed as leader of Pheu Thai last year, after she was named one of its three prime ministerial candidates ahead of the polls.
“Who gets to govern in Thailand and for how long are questions that are often answered by unelected and unaccountable watchdog institutions, the Election Commission of Thailand and the Constitutional Court, or military coups,” she said. Move Forward was excluded from the coalition by Pheu Thai, which went on to join hands with parties affiliated with the military government that ousted it in a coup.
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