BANGKOK: Thai property mogul Srettha Thavisin was elected prime minister after a decisive win in a parliamentary vote on Tuesday as his party's fugitive figurehead Thaksin Shinawatra made a historic homecoming after years in exile and was taken straight to jail.
The victory by 60-year-old Srettha paves the way for a new coalition government, ending weeks of uncertainty and stalemate in parliament after an election 100 days ago that threatened to weaken the political clout of the country's powerful military.
Srettha, who was thrust into the spotlight just a few months ago by the populist Pheu Thai Party, won the support from two-thirds of parliament in a vote that followed hours of hysteria in Thailand over the longawaited return of Thaksin from self-imposed exile.
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