It was a heavy defeat for Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, the leader of opposition Future Forward party. Prayuth won by a combined vote of 500 to 244, with six members not voting. Under the new constitution, the 250-member Senate, made up entirely of junta appointees, joins the 500 elected members of the House of Representatives in choosing the prime minister. But he won hands down in parliament in the vote for prime minister on June 5, thanks to a new constitution drafted by the junta and approved in an April 2017 referendum.
BANGKOK - After being officially proclaimed prime minister of Thailand by King Maha Vajiralongkorn on June 11, Prayuth Chan-ocha thanked parliament and ruling coalition parties for giving him the opportunity to serve the country.ĭuring the two and a half months since the March general election, including a three-day coronation for the monarch in early May, Prayuth, a former general who was interim prime minister during the years of military rule, had to form a coalition to cement his leadership.
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