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General Prayut Chan-O-Cha Voted in As the New Prime Minister (6/6/2019) General Prayut Chan-o-cha Voted in as the New Prime Minister (6/6/2019) Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha will continue to serve as Prime Minister of Thailand for a second term, as he was elected the new prime minister in Parliament late at night on 5 June 2019. The voting was conducted at the joint sitting of senators and members of the House of Representatives. The parliamentary session began at 11.00 hr at the TOT Public Company Headquarters on Chaeng Watthana Road. Two persons were proposed for the election of the prime minister. The Palang Pracharath Party proposed General Prayut Chan-o-cha, while the Future Forward Party proposed Mr. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the party. General Prayut, Thailand 29th Prime Minister, received 500 votes, while Mr. Thanathorn got 244 votes, with three abstentions. After a long debate of 13 hours, the parliamentary session was closed at 23.55 hr. According to the Constitution, the person to be voted as the prime minister must win at least 376 votes, a majority of the combined membership of the 500-member House of Representatives and the 250-member Senate. The next step is that the new government, led by the Palang Pracharath Party, will be formed. It will be a coalition, comprising many parties. On the same day, before the parliamentary session began to vote for the prime minister, former leader of the Democrat Party and former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced his resignation as a member of parliament. The announcement came after the Democrat Party, during its meeting on 4 June 2019, decided to join the coalition, with General Prayut as the Prime Minister. 27/09/2021 Page 1 กรมประชาสัมพันธ์.
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