Real Estate Tycoon Srettha Thavisin Secures Votes to Become Thailand’s Next Prime Minister
The vote came shortly after former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, the spiritual leader of Srettha’s Pheu Thai Party, returned to Thailand after 15 years in self-exile.
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Srettha Thavisin from the populist Pheu Thai Party secured enough votes in parliament to become Thailand’s 30th prime minister Tuesday, hours after former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinaw…