Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, became Thailand’s prime minister after receiving a royal letter of endorsement Sunday, two days after she was chosen by Parliament following a court order that removed her predecessor.
Thailand newly elected Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives before the royal endorsement ceremony appointing Paetongtarn as Thailand ’s new prime minister at Pheu Thai party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand , Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024.
The father and daughter arrived in the same car, holding hands as they walked in together with beaming smiles. Paetongtarn became Prime Minister days after the Constitutional Court removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, after less than a year in office. The court found him guilty of a serious ethical breach forPaetongtarn is also Thailand’s second female prime minister after her aunt, and the country’s youngest leader at 37.
Parties linked to Thaksin won the most seats in every national election from 2001 until 2023, when it lost to the more progressive Move Forward Party.
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