Former Thai leader’s daughter is sole nominee for prime minister

Leader of Pheu Thai Party Paetongtarn Shinawatra (Sakchai Lalit/AP)

The daughter of divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra was nominated and endorsed on Friday to get Parliament’s approval as the new country’s prime minister – two days after a court removed the last one over an ethics violation.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 37, is the leader of the Pheu Thai party and the sole nominee. She does not hold an elected office.