Thailand får en ny ledare – politiskt dödläge brutet

Srettha Thavisin (Thai: เศรษฐา ทวีสิน, RTGS: Settha Thawisin, pronounced [sèːt.tʰǎː tʰā.wīː.sǐn]; born 15 February 1963), nicknamed Nid (Thai: นิด, RTGS: Nit, pronounced [nít]), is a Thai politician and real estate developer. He was the former chief executive and president of Sansiri Pcl.Educated in the United States, he co-founded Sansiri in 1988, which later became one of Thailand's largest real estate developers, leading Srettha to become a property tycoon. In 2022, he joined the Pheu Thai party and ran as one of its candidates for Prime Minister in the 2023 general elections, with the party coming in second behind the Move Forward Party. However, Move Forward and its candidate Pita Limjaroenrat failed to secure enough votes from parliament, Pheu Thai then became the leading party to nominate a candidate, forming a new coalition with more conservative parties. Srettha has been described numerous times by Pheu Thai, politicians and the media as the person most likely to be nominated by Pheu Thai, eventually declaring himself ready to become prime minister if chosen by the party on 19 July. He is expected to be nominated on 22 August when parliament comes to vote.He is a known confidant of both Thaksin Shinawatra and Yingluck Shinawatra, former prime ministers of Thailand, and was one of the three prime ministerial candidates of the Pheu Thai Party alongside Thaksin's youngest daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, and former Attorney General Chaikasem Nitisiri in the 2023 Thai general election.