#newsonleo #thailand #politics Thailand's parliament has elected Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter and heir of billionaire and former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, as country's new PM. She is member of ruling Pheu Thai party. 1/
#newsonleo #thailand #politics Thailand's parliament has elected Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter and heir of billionaire and former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, as country's new PM. She is member of ruling Pheu Thai party. 1/
2/ Her father and aunt Yingluck Shinawatra were both prime ministers and both were deposed in military coups.
37-year old Paetongtarn Shinawatra became new PM after her predecessor Srettha Thavision resigned over illegal appointment of Pichit Chuenban to his cabinet. Thailand's laws bar persons with criminal record, like Chuenban, from serving in government and Thailand's Constitutional Court, acting on a motion by 40 MPs, declared such appointment illegal, prompting Srettha's resignation.