BANGKOK: Real estate mogul Srettha Thavisin won the backing of Thailand's parliament on Tuesday (Aug 22) to become prime minister, paving the way to a new coalition government and an end to weeks of uncertainty and political stalemate.
Srettha, who was thrust into the spotlight just a few months ago by the populist Pheu Thai Party, secured the support of more than half of the legislature, on a day when the party's billionaire figurehead Thaksin Shinawatra made a historic homecoming after years of as a fugitive in self-imposed exile.