Thailand’s new premier Paetongtarn receives King’s endorsement

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PUBLISHED: 18 Aug 2024 at 11: 33

Thai Prime Minister-elect Paetongtarn Shinawatra pays her respects to a picture of King Maha Vajiralongkorn as she receives a royal endorsement to become the 31st prime minister, at the Pheu Thai party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday. (Pheu Thai Party/Handout via REUTERS)
At the Pheu Thai party’s Bangkok office on Sunday, Thailand’s elective prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra pays her respect to a photo of King Maha Vajiralongkorn as she is given a royal support to become the country’s 31st prime minister. ( Pheu Thai Party/Handout via REUTERS )

Paetongtarn Shinawatra received a formal confirmation from His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn, becoming the government’s youngest prime minister. &nbsp,

Ms Paetongtarn’s royal approval took place at a standard service on Sunday, after she won a legislature vote on Friday by an almost two-thirds lot. After the nation’s Constitutional Court dismissed Srettha Thavisin in an ethics infraction event, the 37-year-old was chosen for the perfect minister position.

” The royal interview is the highest glory to me and my home”, she told state-owned NBT Television. ” I commit to working to the highest level of my ability and commitment.”

The youngest child of former president Thaksin Shinawatra won the parliamentary ballot for the best position by keeping an awkward alliance between the royalist, liberal, and military-backed Pheu Thai Party, which was founded after an election next year. &nbsp,

Ms. Paetongtarn joins the powerful Shinawatra community as the second person to lead the nation. Her papa was removed in a 2006 revolution while her uncle, Yingluck Shinawatra, was disqualified by a judge quickly before a 2014 invasion by the military.