Thailand political turmoil: Ex-Prime Minister’s daughter likely to be nominated as new Thai Premier

Thailand’s populist Pheu Thai party announced on Thursday that it will nominate its party leader, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, for the position of Prime Minister in an upcoming Parliament vote. This decision comes after former Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was ousted from office by a court order citing an ethical violation. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is poised to take the reins of the party.  If Paetongtarn is approved by Parliament’s vote, which is scheduled for Friday (August 16), she will become Thailand’s second female prime minister, and the country’s third leader from the Shinawatra family after her father and her aunt Yingluck Shinawatra.