BANGKOK (AP) The leader of one of Thailand's best-known property empires has been selected prime minister just nine months after joining a political party that champions the poor.
(Bloomberg) Former property tycoon Srettha Thavisin won the parliamentary vote to become Thailand’s new prime minister, raising hope for a further rally in the country’s assets after being battered for months due to political stalemate.Most Read from BloombergMusk Told Pentagon He Spoke to Putin Directly, New Yorker SaysBorrowers With $39 Billion in Student Loans Finally See ReliefS&P Joins Moody’s in Cutting US Banks Amid ‘Tough’ ClimateQuant Trader Doubles Fortune to $11 Billion as XTX Prof
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has returned to Thailand after 15 years of self-imposed exile, trading his liberty and pro-democracy legacy for the chance of a safe return to the country and the assurance of forming a government.