Thai Parliament Begins Vote on Thaksin’s Daughter as New PM

(Bloomberg) -- Thailand’s parliament began voting on the nomination of Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a daughter of former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, as the Southeast Asian nation’s next prime minister.

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Paetongtarn, 37, is backed by an 11-member coalition which has more than 300 members in the House of Representatives, which currently has 493 members. She was officially nominated by Pheu Thai Party Secretary-General Sorawong Thienthong.

If elected, Paetongtarn will become the third member of the influential Shinawatra clan to lead the country and the youngest prime minister in Thailand’s history.

She was picked for the top job after the country’s Constitutional Court dismissed Srettha Thavisin as prime minister in an ethics violation case linked to the appointment of a tainted lawyer as a minister.

--With assistance from Pathom Sangwongwanich.

(Recasts with voting getting underway.)

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