Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand’s next PM, youngest ever
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The 37-year-old daughter of tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra is the third member of the family to lead the country.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra has become Thailand’s youngest-ever prime minister after parliament confirmed her nomination by the ruling coalition of her Pheu Thai party.
Paetongtarn succeeds Srettha Thavisin who was removed from his post by a constitutional court ruling on Wednesday.
The 37-year-old, known by her nickname Ung Ing, is the youngest child of billionaire tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra and is the third member of the family after her father and aunt to hold the nation’s top job.
Srettha’s removal was the latest chapter in a long-running battle between the military, pro-royalist establishment and populist parties linked to Thaksin, who shook up the country’s staid politics when he was first elected prime minister in 2001.
He spent years in exile after being removed in a military coup in 2006 and returned to Thailand only last year, on the day Pheu Thai formed the government.
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