Srettha was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Thailand

Srettha was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Thailand: Move Forward Alliance (MFP) won the majority of seats in the May 2023 election, Thailand’s parliament voted to appoint Srettha Thavisin of the Pyu Thai Party as the country’s new prime minister.

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The Thai parliament voted a day earlier to elect Srettha of the Pheu Thai party as the country’s new prime minister, after a monthslong deadlock since the progressive Move Forward Party (MFP) secured the biggest number of seats in May’s polls. Srettha required 375 votes from the country’s upper and lower houses combined to become prime minister. Pheu Thai, which came second in the election, had initially allied itself with the MFP, alongside six other parties. However, earlier in August, it opted to seek a new partnership without the MFP, whose candidature for prime minister was denied at least twice. Pheu Thai now leads an 11-party alliance that includes two former military adversaries. Under Thailand’s military-implemented constitution, both the lower and upper houses of parliament vote together for the prime minister.