BANGKOK: The Pheu Thai Party's Srettha Thavisin will become Thailand's prime minister after winning the backing of lawmakers on Tuesday (Aug 22) in a joint vote of the bicameral parliament. Srettha, a real estate mogul thrust into politics just a few months before a May general election, passed the thresho
BANGKOK: The Pheu Thai Party's Srettha Thavisin will become Thailand's prime minister after winning the backing of lawmakers on Tuesday in a joint vote of the bicameral parliament.
Srettha, a real estate mogul thrust into politics just a few months before a May general election, passed the threshold of 375 votes needed to become prime minister and form the next government.
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