Overview

• Parliament backed Anutin with 311 votes, ending a week-long power vacuum after Paetongtarn Shinawatra was removed by the Constitutional Court.
• His elevation and initial cabinet appointments require royal endorsement before becoming official.
• He announced Ekniti Nitithanprapas for finance, Auttapol Rerkpiboon for energy, and Sihasak Phuangketkeow for foreign affairs to signal stability.
• Anutin assembled support from opposition blocs, shut out Pheu Thai, and secured the People’s Party’s votes on promises of near-term elections and constitutional reform steps.
• Thaksin Shinawatra left Thailand for Dubai on the eve of the vote, with a Supreme Court ruling due Tuesday on his hospital-stay case.