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HISTORICAL FACTS: Paetongtarn proposed as pm | History Defined

Pheu Thai Party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra acknowledges the decision of the coalition parties to support her nomination as prime minister, at a press conference at Shinawatra 3 Building on Thursday evening. (Photo: Nutthawat Wichieanbut)

The parties in the coalition government have selected Pheu Thai Party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra as nominee for the country’s next prime minister when the House of Representatives meets today.

If her nomination is approved, the 37-year-old daughter of former premier and Pheu Thai patriarch Thaksin Shinawatra would become the youngest prime minister in the country’s history. She would succeed Srettha Thavisin, who was dismissed on Wednesday by the Constitutional Court.

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