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Last Updated:September 05, 2025, 14:51 IST
Anutin Charnvirakul has been elected Thailand’s Prime Minister, defeating rival Chaikasem Nitisiri in a parliamentary vote.
Bhumjaithai Party leader and prime ministerial candidate Anutin Charnvirakul (Photo: Reuters)
Anutin Charnvirakul was on Friday elected Thailand’s Prime Minister through the country’s parliamentary vote. According to Reuters, Charnvirakul easily passed the threshold of more than half of the lower house votes required to become premier.
His defeat of rival contender Chaikasem Nitisiri was a humiliation for the ruling Pheu Thai party, the once unstoppable populist juggernaut of influential billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, who left Thailand last week for Dubai, where he spent the bulk of his 15 years in self-imposed exile.
Pheu Thai’s crisis was triggered back in June by Anutin’s withdrawal from its alliance, which left the coalition government clinging to power with a razor-thin majority amid protests and plummeting popularity.
The hammer blow was last week’s dismissal by the Constitutional Court of Thaksin’s daughter and protege Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the sixth Prime Minister from or backed by the Shinawatra family to be removed by the military or judiciary.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
First Published:
September 05, 2025, 14:46 IST
News world Thailand's Anutin Charnvirakul Elected Prime Minister By Country's Parliament
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