- Title: PROFILE: Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul before parliament vote
- Date: 3rd September 2025
- Summary: In September 2025, Anutin was elected prime minister after breezing through a parliamentary vote, trouncing the candidate of the Shinawatra family's once-dominant ruling party to end a week of chaos and political deadlock. The Pheu Thai party's crisis was triggered in June by Anutin's withdrawal from its alliance, which left the coalition government clinging to power with
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- Country: Thailand
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
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- Story Text: Anutin Charnvirakul was re-elected Thailand's prime minister on Thursday (March 19) after sailing through a parliamentary vote, winning a fresh mandate that could usher in a rare period of stability for a country long plagued by political drama and turmoil.
The Bhumjaithai Party's Anutin led from the start in what turned out to be a rout of his biggest rival, Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, leader of the progressive People's Party, the surprise runner-up last month in an election it had been widely expected to win.
Anutin becomes the first Thai premier to be voted back to office in two decades, underlining the upheaval that has dogged Southeast Asia's second-largest economy.
In a stunning turnaround in fortunes for a party that had struggled to make its mark in Thai politics, Bhumjaithai scored a decisive election victory over its reformist rival after capitalising on a wave of nationalism arising out of military conflicts with Cambodia last year.
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