On Friday, in a ceremony at Dusit Palace in Bangkok, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and 35 cabinet ministers were sworn into office, bringing to an end Thailand’s latest spell of political uncertainty – at least for now.
Paetongtarn, 38, was elected by parliament on August 16, after her predecessor Srettha Thavisin was unseated by the Constitutional Court, after appointing to his cabinet an official who had previously served a prison sentence. She now officially becomes the youngest prime minister in Thai history, and the third member of the Shinawatra clan to lead the country,…
