Thailand's new Prime Minister: Business tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The new Thai leader, Anutin Charnvirakul, has pledged to work his hardest to address the country’s economic crisis. The political conservative becomes the third prime minister in two years, thanks to the support of the largest opposition party. The vote was held a week after the former prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, was dismissed by the constitutional court - dealing a blow to the influence of her powerful family. Also: Britain's Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, resigns following an investigation into her taxes; and solving the mystery of the winged bronze lion - a new study sheds light on the orgins of one of Venice's most iconic monuments.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, I'm John Sudworth, and we're recording this at 13 hours GMT on Friday the 5th of September. |
| 0:12.0 | Thailand's Parliament picks business tycoon, a new tin-chanwirakun, to be the next Prime Minister, |
| 0:17.2 | the country's third in two years. In a major blow for the British government, |
| 0:22.2 | Deputy Prime Minister Angela Raina resigns following an investigation into her taxes. |
| 0:27.8 | Moscow says any Western troops in Ukraine would be a legitimate target. |
| 0:35.2 | Also in this podcast, solving the mystery of the winged bronze lion. |
| 0:41.0 | What we know for sure is that the style of the lion is certainly Chinese, |
| 0:46.2 | and the chemistry of the copper used is certainly from China. |
| 0:50.2 | A new study sheds light on the origins of one of Venice's most iconic monuments. |
| 1:00.4 | After a turbulent week in Thai politics, the country has a new prime minister. |
| 1:06.1 | The construction tycoon Anutin Chanwirakun secured enough votes in parliament to become Thailand's leader |
| 1:12.0 | the third in two years. His predecessor, Paitong Tan Shinawot, was dismissed by the constitutional |
| 1:18.6 | court over an ethics breach and just hours before the parliamentary vote, her father and former |
| 1:24.8 | leader tax in Shinawot abruptly left the country for Dubai. |
| 1:29.4 | Thailand's new leader comfortably defeated the candidate of the Shinawot family's once dominant ruling party. |
| 1:35.8 | But how did he do it? |
| 1:37.3 | A question for our South East Asia correspondent, Jonathan Head. |
| 1:40.7 | In order to get the number of votes, to get a majority in Parliament, to get |
| 1:44.4 | the Prime Minister's job, he's had to seek the support of the most reformist party in Parliament |
| 1:50.8 | in Thailand. That's also the largest party, the People's Party, has got more than double the number |
| 1:55.4 | of seats Mr. Anitin has, and they are ideological opposite ends of the spectrum. Mr. Anitin is a great dealmaker. |
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