00:00Thailand's parliament elected
00:29Bhumjaithai party leader Anutin Charnvirakul as the new prime minister on Friday.
00:35The 58-year-old politician won a parliamentary majority after being backed by a Bhumjaithai-led
00:40coalition and the opposition People's Party.
00:43He defeated Futai's Chaikasem Nidassiri with 311 votes to 152 votes in the 490-member chamber.
00:52Anutin easily surpassed the 247-vote threshold to form the next government.
00:57The prime minister post had been left vacant after the dismissal of Peitongtarn Shinawatra
01:03by the Constitutional Court last month for ethics violation over the leaked phone conversation
01:08with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen relating to territorial border dispute.
01:15House Speaker Juan Mohamed Nurmatha will now submit Anutin's name to King Mahavajiralongkorn
01:20for royal endorsement.
01:22Anutin is a veteran politician and former deputy prime minister who played a key role
01:27in managing the country's COVID-19 response.
01:31He entered politics in 1996, serving in the health and commerce ministries.
01:36After a five-year ban following the dissolution of Thai-Rock Thai in 2006, he returned to lead
01:42the Bhumjaithai Party in 2012, culminating in his rise to the premiership.
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