The Bhumjaithai Party's conservative Anutin Charnvirakul was elected as Thailand's 32nd Prime Minister after defeating its competitor from the Pheu Thai Party, Chaikasem Nitisiri, Friday.
Anutin managed to get support for 311 votes from 500 members of the Thailand House of Representatives, surpassing the threshold needed to be elected prime minister.
Meanwhile, Chaikasem only got 152 votes, and the other 27 members abstained.
Anutin was nominated for the post by Chaichanok Chidchob, secretary general of the Bhumjaithai Party.
In the 2023 general election, the Pheu Thai Party received 141 seats and became the second largest party in the Thailand House of Representatives, while the Advanced Movement Party (MFP) became the largest party with 151 seats. The Bhumjaithai Party only has 70 seats.
Anutin, heir to a large construction company in Thailand, previously served as public health minister in 2019-2023, then deputy prime minister and interior minister from 2023 to June 2025.
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His role as health minister in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and his support for the legalization of marijuana in 2022 made him popular in the eyes of the Thai people.
The 58-year-old politician started his political career at the Thai Rak Thai Party founded by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
The election for the new PM was held by the DPR Thailand after the Constitutional Court officially dismissed Paetongtarn Shinawatra from his post as prime minister.
The Constitutional Court found Paetongtarn violating the code of ethics after criticizing senior Thai military officials in a phone call with Cambodian leader Hun Sen amid tensions over the border.
Last Tuesday, Paetongtarn filed a lawsuit against the verdict.
This incident marks a new series of Thai political tensions that stem from friction between elected government and court institutions since Thaksin Shinawatra's departure from the post of prime minister in 2006.
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