Thailand’s parliament has elected Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the billionaire daughter of former chief Thaksin Shinawatra, as prime minister.
At 37, she’s going to grow to be the nation’s youngest prime minister and the second lady to carry the place after her aunt Yingluck Shinawatra.
Her appointment comes simply two days after former Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was fired by the Constitutional Court docket. Each are from the Pheu Thai occasion, which completed second within the 2023 election however fashioned a governing coalition.
Ms Paetongtarn is the fourth member of the Shinawatra household to function prime minister up to now 20 years.
Three others, together with her father Thaksin Shinawatra and her aunt Yingluck Shinawatra, have been deposed by army coups or Constitutional Court docket rulings.
The circumstances of her appointment are a stark reminder of how restricted the ability of Thailand’s democratically elected authorities is.
