Pheu Thai Party's leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra celebrates after the Thai parliament confirmed her as the country's next prime minister, in Bangkok, Thailand, August 16, 2024. Thailand's parliament elected political neophyte Shinawatra as its youngest prime minister on Friday, only a day after she was thrust into the spotlight amid an unrelenting power struggle between the country's warring elites. The 37-year-old daughter of divisive political heavyweight Thaksin Shinawatra sailed through a house vote and now faces a baptism of fire, just two days after ally Srettha Thavisin was dismissed as premier by a judiciary central to Thailand's two decades of intermittent turmoil. 🔗 Read more at our link in bio. 📷 Chalinee Thirasupa #reuters #reutersphotos #Thailand #Shinawatra