Thaksin's brother-in-law becomes PM
Updated on 17 September 2008
A brother-in-law of deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra has been elected the new prime minister of Thailand in a parliamentary vote.
Somchai Wongsawat's election sets up a showdown with protesters determined to tear down Thaksin's political legacy.
Somchai, a 61-year-old bureaucrat who is married to Thaksin's sister, appealed for national unity in a news conference shortly after the vote.
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