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 faces the difficult task of reviving Thailand’s stalled economy and avoiding the military coups and court interventions which have deposed four previous administrations led by her party.
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I hear she’s married to a German guy in Bangkok.
Hhmmm, not very often do they pick drop-dead gorgeous leaders
เป็นนายกที่โกหกปลิ้นปล้อนกะล่อนตอแหล นักการเมืองก็แย่งตำแหน่งกันเหมือนหมาแย่งกระดูก อุงอิงบอกว่าจะดูแล ทุกตารางนิ้วบนแผ่นดินไทย ใครเชื่อก็ควายแล้ว ขนาดเศรษฐายังไม่รอด นี่เอาเด็กอายุ 38 ปีมาเป็นนายกรัฐมนตรี ที่นี่ไม่ใช่สนามเด็กเล่นนะครับ แรงงานต่างด้าวลาวเขมรพม่าดีๆทั้งนั้น จีนก็จ้องจะทำลายเศรษฐกิจของไทย มึงเอาอยู่เหรอ
They just want to use the poor people to protect their wealth. Never propose taxes the rich policy
Super corrupt. Oligarchy has come together with Monarchy and the Military in the worst form of government. Hopefully, the Thai people can free themselves from this corruption.
Who next?
Thailand's newly appointed Prime Minister has risen to power under controversial circumstances, lacking the legitimacy of an official national election. This individual has been accused of being a sycophant who accumulated wealth through the corrupt practices of her father's administration. Some perceive her statements about addressing the nation's issues as insincere and misleading, echoing her father's behavior, who was imprisoned for corruption. Critics argue that her leadership is a continuation of her family's legacy of exploiting the country with the support of a government that shields the king from accountability and a penumbra of secrecy, allowing the new PM to maintain authoritarian control.
A prime minister through privilege and not ability. Thailand is DOOMED!
Here's goes again, families business and good luck Thailand.
Welcome back daddy! I'm prime minister now! 🇹🇭
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Congratulations to her as a New PM of Thailand.
She is a northerner. Southerners don't like her because southerners are of the same ethnicity as Malaysia.
Anyhow Thailand no standard lols
Another dynastic politics
Ooo wow
Seems like younger than her age are her own knowledge and capacity, so just the mouthpiece of her daddy. Nothing more.
It will be a very rocky road ahead.
สะใจชิบหาย สลิ่มแม่งดิ้นพลาดๆ เป็นภาษาอังกฤษ 😂😂😂🎉
รักนายกรัฐมนตรีแพรทองธาร❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The headline is wrong. No-one in Thailand picked her…..
คุณสมบัติที่จะเป็นนายก = ลูกทักษิณ
มันเป็นประชาธิปไตยแบบไทยๆ มีประเทศเดียวในโลก พรรคที่ได้คะแนนเสียงมากที่สุด 14ล้านเสียง ไม่ได้เป็นรัฐบาล เพราะรัฐธรรมนูญที่ไม่ยุติธรรมที่พวกเขาสร้างขึ้นมาเพื่อให้พวกตนเองได้ประโยชน์
No standard Thailand
Thailand is pick a PM to run your country not run your family Thailand anyhow 🤣
Not BBC and US business
Good news stories on BBC to educate people on what is going on around the world in other countries.
Congratulations
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I am Indian
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You know, I am a nepotism baby ..you know…if you know you know
The Sinowat family still have ambition to control Thailand. The future collapse is evident.