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Paetongtarn Shinawatra set to become Thailand’s second female prime minister.  

Thailand’s parliament voted on Friday, August 16, for Paetongtarn Shinawatra to become the country’s next prime minister. The 37-year-old member of Thailand’s most prominent political dynasty received 319 votes in the House of Representatives after being nominated as the sole candidate by her Pheu Thai party’s ruling coalition. Her appointment comes just two days after the Constitutional Court removed former …

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