Srettha Thavisin to become Thai PM after securing endorsement of parliament

Thai lawmakers elect Srettha Thavisin to serve as prime minister

Following three months of political intrigue, Srettha Thavisin of the Pheu Thai Party on Tuesday secured enough votes from lawmakers in Parliament to become Thailand’s prime minister and form the next government. The 61-year-old property tycoon was voted in as PM-elect hours after Thaksin Shinawatra, the party’s patriarch and a former prime minister who was deposed in a military coup in 2006, returned to the country on Tuesday morning after 15 y…

Real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin wins vote to become Thailand's 30th prime minister

BANGKOK (AP) - A populist Thai party linked to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra won a vote in parliament to lead the country, hours after the divisive former leader returned from years of self-imposed exile and began an eight-year prison sentence. Real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin's victory, with 482 votes out of 727 lawmakers present, ends months of suspense, legal wrangling and horse trading that followed the May elections. The progr…

Srettha Thavisin elected Thailand’s prime minister - La Prensa Latina Media

Bangkok, Aug 22 (EFE).- Former construction magnate Srettha Thavisin was elected prime minister by Thailand’s bicameral parliament on Tuesday after more than three months of parliamentary logjam since the general elections in May. Thavisin, 60, of the Pheu Thai party – the second largest party following the elections -, secured the support of the elected lower house, including representatives of the pro-military parties, and a majority of the se…

Thai parliament picks Srettha Thavisin as next prime minister ending 3 months of political deadlock

By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Thailand’s parliament on Tuesday voted for real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin to be the country’s next prime minister, bringing an end to three months of political deadlock. Srettha, 60, was the sole candidate put forward by the populist Pheu Thai Party and received 482 votes out of a possible 747 in Thailand’s bicameral parliament. His election comes the same day that Pheu Thai founder and divisive…