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Veteran politician who helped legalize cannabis new Thai PM
Manila Bulletin
|September 9, 2025
Anutin Charnvirakul, a veteran politician best known for successfully lobbying to decriminalize cannabis in Thailand, became the country’s prime minister after receiving a royal endorsement Sunday.
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Anutin, 58, succeeds Paetongtarn Shinawatra of the Pheu Thai Party, who was dismissed last week after being found guilty of ethics violations over a politically compromising phone call with neighboring Cambodia’s Senate President Hun Sen.
The phone call took place before a border dispute between the two nations turned into a deadly five-day armed conflict in July that raised fears of a full-blown war in the region.
This story is from the September 9, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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