Thailand's parliament elected 37-year-old Pitongatharan Shinawatra as the country's new prime minister. According to the international news agency, 37-year-old Pitongatharan Shinawatra is the youngest daughter of the country's business tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra and a candidate nominated by the Pheu Thai Party. He was elected the new Prime Minister of the country by voting by more than 314 members in the House of 493. Thus, she became the third woman Prime Minister of the country.