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Thai voters on Sunday elected their first female prime minister - the sister of a disgraced telecommunications mogul who was toppled as prime minister in a military coup five years ago.
According to official results announced Monday by Thailand's Election Commission, Yingluck Shinawatra and her Pheu Thai party won a landslide victory, taking 265 of the 500 seats in parliament. The incumbent prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, and his Democrats held only 159 seats.See the full content of this document
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Mr. Abhisit, 46, conceded defeat Sunday night and congratulated Mrs. Yingluck, 44, the sister of Thaksin Shinawatra, toppled in a 2006 military coup. Mr. Thaksin later was sentenced to two years in pris...
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