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The leader of the ruling Pheu Thai Party, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, was elected as the 31st prime minister of Thailand and is also the country's second woman in the post, the House of Representatives announced on Friday.

8月16日，泰国国会议员召开会议表决新总理人选，结果以过半数票通过为泰党提名的贝东丹·西那瓦(Paetongtarn Shinawatra)出任总理，贝东丹是前总理他信的女儿，成为泰国史上最年轻的总理。

As Thailand's youngest prime minister, the 37-year-old Paetongtarn gained 319 votes in the election. There are 493 elected House representatives and a total of 489 MPs were present in the chamber on Friday.

泰国国会议员共有493名民选议员，此次会议共有489名议员出席会议。作为泰国最年轻的总理，37岁的贝东丹在选举中获得319票。

Her success came two days after the Constitutional Court removed Srettha Thavisin from the prime minister's post, after finding him guilty of violating ethical standards due to the appointment of a former lawyer who was once jailed to his cabinet.

两天前，宪法法院14日以违反宪法伦理规定为由，对过去因涉嫌不正之风而被判处有期徒刑的总理赛塔·他威信（Srettha Thavisin）做出了解职决定，此前，赛塔·他威信任命了一名曾入狱的前律师进入内阁。

Both Paetongtarn and Srettha are from the Pheu Thai Party, which came in second at the 2023 election but formed a ruling coalition.

贝东丹和塞塔都来自为泰党，为泰党在议会选举中获得了第二多议席，组成了执政联盟。

Paetongtarn is the youngest daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose younger sister Yingluck Shinawatra was also prime minister from 2011 to 2014.Sorawong Thienthong, Pheu Thai's secretary-general, nominated Paetongtarn as the sole prime ministerial candidate on Friday morning when Parliament President Wan Muhamad Noor Matha began the House meeting at 10 am.

贝东丹是前总理他信·西那瓦的小女儿，其妹妹英拉·西那瓦也曾于2011-2014 年担任泰国总理。8月16日上午，当国会主席万·穆罕默德·诺·马塔 (Wan Muhamad Noor Matha) 于上午10时召开国会会议时，为泰党秘书长索拉翁·天通 (Sorawong Thienthong) 提名贝东丹为唯一总理候选人。

Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the Bhumjaithai Party, the coalition's second-largest group, said that to ensure continuity in governance, coalition parties are prepared to collaborate with and support Paetongtarn in her bid for the premiership.

第二大党派自豪泰党党魁阿努廷·查恩维拉库尔也是可能的人选，但为确保执政连续性，党派联盟准备与贝东丹合作并支持她竞选