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Shinawatra heiress elected Thailand's PM
By Agence France-Presse
Aug 17, 2024 12:12 am

BANGKOK — The 37-year-old daughter of billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra became Thailand's prime minister Friday, the third member of the influential but divisive clan to lead the country.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra — the youngest leader in Thailand's history as a constitutional monarchy and the second woman premier after her aunt Yingluck — assumes office after two court rulings that threw the kingdom's politics into turmoil.

Thailand's newly elected Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra performs a greeting in thanks as the party members applaud to celebrate after winning the parliamentary vote to become prime minister, at the Pheu Thai Party's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, 16 August 2024. The ruling Pheu Thai Party's leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, succeeded in the parliamentary vote to become Thailand's 31st prime minister. EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

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