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Ex-PM's daughter picked as youngest ever Thai leader

By Jacobs Seaman Odongo | Friday, August 16, 2024
Ex-PM's daughter picked as youngest ever Thai leader
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, is in line to become Thailand's youngest prime minister
At 37, she will be the country's youngest PM and the second woman in the post, after her aunt Yingluck.

BBC | Thailand's parliament has picked Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of billionaire tycoon and former leader Thaksin, as prime minister.

At 37, she will be the country's youngest PM and the second woman in the post, after her aunt Yingluck.

Her selection comes just two days after former PM Srettha Thavisin was dismissed by a constitutional court. Both are from the Pheu Thai Party, which came second at the 2023 election but formed a ruling coalition.

Ms Paetongtarn is the fourth member of the Shinawatra clan to become prime minister in the past two decades.

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The other three, including her father Thaksin and aunt Yingluck, were deposed by military coups or constitutional court rulings.

The circumstances of her appointment are a stark reminder of how constrained the power of elected governments is in Thailand.

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