BANGKOK (Reuters) – The Pheu Thai Party’s Srettha Thavisin will become Thailand’s prime minister after winning the backing of lawmakers on Tuesday in a joint vote of the bicameral parliament.
Srettha, a real estate mogul thrust into politics just a few months before a May general election, passed the threshold of 375 votes needed to become premier and form the next government.
(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat, Panu Wongcha-um and Chayut Setboonsarng; Writing by Martin Petty)
