Paetongtarn Shinawatra sworn in as new Thai PM

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BANGKOK: Thailand swore

Paetongtarn Shinawatra

in as prime minister on Friday, capping a month of political tumult that saw her

predecessor thrown

out of office and the main opposition party dissolved.
Paetongtarn took the oath in a closed-door ceremony with

King Maha Vajiralongkorn

around 6:15 pm (1115 GMT), officially becoming Thailand's youngest-ever prime minister.


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