{"id":15903,"date":"2014-08-21T08:34:55","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T08:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/thailand-coup-general-named-prime-minister\/"},"modified":"2014-08-21T08:34:36","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T08:34:36","slug":"thailand-coup-general-named-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/thailand-coup-general-named-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand Coup General Named Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thailand’s junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha has been named the new prime minister of the southeast Asian nation.<\/p>\n

Gen Prayuth, 60, was nominated on Thursday in a legislature hand-picked by the junta and made up of mostly military and police figures.<\/p>\n

The general was the head of the army when he led a dramatic coup in May.<\/p>\n

It followed months of intense political deadlock between Yingluck Shinawatra’s government and opposition parties that resulted in protests and clashes.<\/p>\n

Gen Prayuth was chosen after all 197 members of Thailand’s National Assembly cast their votes on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

The BBC’s Jonathan Head in Bangkok says the vote in Parliament was little more than a formality, lasting just 15 minutes, as Gen Prayuth was the only candidate.<\/p>\n

The Bangkok Post quoted Gen Prayuth as saying he was not approached before he was nominated. Asked whether he was ready for the post, he said: “I only want the country to move forward.”<\/p>\n

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The general led the army in the May coup that ousted Yingluck Shinawatra’s civilian government
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