BANGKOK: Thailand’s ruling party on Friday elected the daughter of jailed billionaire ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as its leader.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thaksin’s youngest daughter, was voted unopposed to become Pheu Thai’s new leader, two years after entering politics.Thaksin, the most influential but divisive politician in recent Thai history, returned to the kingdom in August from 15 years in self-imposed exile after being ousted in a 2006 coup.
Paetongtarn, 37, was the figurehead of Pheu Thai’s campaign for the May general election and has plans to modernise the party. Paetongtarn received 289 votes with one abstention during the party’s general meeting on Friday morning.Yuttaporn Issrachai, a political analyst, said the announcement follows the pattern of Pheu Thai’s “family-run style”.
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