US Edition'Big Comrade': Former defence chief takes reins as Thai PM
- Thailand's former defence chief Phumtham Wechayachai is set to be sworn in as acting prime minister on Thursday after the Constitutional Court suspended Paetongtarn Shinawatra pending an ethics probe.
- Following Paetongtarn Shinawatra's suspension by Thailand’s Constitutional Court, Phumtham Wechayachai is set to become acting prime minister amid an ethics probe that could last months.
- Phumtham Wechayachai, linked to 1970s protests against a military coup, earned the nickname 'Big Comrade' before becoming a diplomatic political operator.
- Phumtham Wechayachai signals loyalty to the Shinawatra family, believing she will survive the ethics probe, after previously serving as acting prime minister during last year's crisis.
- Thailand's acting prime minister, Phumtham Wechayachai, faces months-long ethics investigations amid pro-military accusations of communist sympathies, heightening political tensions.
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Thailand's former defence chief to become acting PM after leaked call forces Paetongtarn out
Phumtham Wechayachai has successfully transitioned into the limelight from a business role in the empire of Thaksin Shinawatra, the founding force of a dynasty which has dominated Thai politics for decades
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‘Big Comrade’: Former defence chief takes reins as Thai PM
Thailand's former defence chief is set to be appointed acting prime minister on Thursday, capping a colourful career for the political heavyweight once nicknamed "Big Comrade". Phumtham Wechayachai earned his moniker over links in his youth to a 1970s student movement that rallied against the architect of a military coup, before their protests were violently
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