(5 Sep 2025)
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Bangkok – 5 September 2025
1. Tracking shot of new Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul leaving parliament, surrounded by security and media
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Veteran politician Anutin Charnvirakul left parliament after being confirmed as Thailand’s new prime minister on Friday, briefly greeting gathered media with traditional Thai greeting of wai, with both hands clasped together.
Anutin, Thailand’s third prime minister in two years, won a parliamentary vote that was broadcast live on television.
He won a total of 311 votes, far exceeding the 247 required majority from the House of Representative’s 492 active members.
Anutin, leader of the Bhumjaithai party, and his government are expected to take office in a few days after obtaining a formal appointment from King Maha Vajiralongkorn.
He succeeds Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who was dismissed by court order as prime minister last week after being found guilty of ethics violations over a politically compromising phone call with neighboring Cambodia’s Senate President Hun Sen.
The dispute erupted into a deadly five-day armed conflict in July.
Anutin had served in Paetongtarn’s Cabinet, but he resigned his position and withdrew his party from her coalition government after news of the leaked phone call caused a public uproar.
Pheu Thai, currently leading a caretaker government, attempted to dissolve Parliament on Tuesday, but the acting prime minister said their request was rejected by the king’s Privy Council.
The party also nominated its candidate Chaikasem Nitisiri. He received 152 votes.
The 58-year-old Anutin had served in the Pheu Thai-led coalition government that took power in 2023 and before that in the military-backed but elected government under former Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha.
Anutin is best known for successfully lobbying for the decriminalization of cannabis, a policy that is now being more strictly regulated for medical purposes.
He also played a high-profile role as health minister during the COVID-19 pandemic, when he was accused of tardiness in obtaining adequate vaccine supplies to fight the virus.
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