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Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaks after being elected Thailand's new PM


Thailand’s Parliament elected Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, as the country’s new prime minister Friday.Paetongtarn becomes Thailand’s third leader from the Shinawatra family, after her father, who was ousted by coup before returning from exile last year, and her aunt Yingluck Shinawatra, who lives in exile.Paetongtarn also became Thailand’s second female prime minister after her aunt and the country’s youngest leader at 37.(AP)



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