UPDATE: THAI KING ENDORSES PAETONGTARN SHINAWARRA AS PRIME MINISTER. (PHOTOS).
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Thai king endorses Paetongtarn Shinawatra as Prime Minister.
Thailand's new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra talks to reporters after receiving a royal letter of endorsement for the post at the Pheu Thai party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 18, 2024.
👉 Thailand's new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of controversial billionaire ex-premier Thaksin, vowed to boost the kingdom's sluggish economy as she formally took office on Sunday.
Paetongtarn, at 37 the kingdom's youngest-ever PM, comes to power after a court sacked the previous premier and disbanded the main opposition party, throwing Thailand's ever-febrile political scene into a new round of turmoil.
She is the third Shinawatra to be prime minister but will hope to avoid the fate of her father and aunt Yingluck, both of whom were thrown out of power in military coups.
Paetongtarn accepted King Maha Vajiralongkorn's official written command to form a government in a ceremony at the headquarters of a former pro-Thaksin TV station on Sunday.
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