Paetongtarn to lead Pheu Thai

Taking charge: Paetongtarn (centre) posing for photos with Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin (fourth from left) and party members at the party headquarters in Bangkok. — AFP

The ruling party elected the daughter of jailed billionaire ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as its leader.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thaksin’s youngest daughter, was voted unopposed to become Pheu Thai’s new leader, two years after entering politics.