Thai cannabis-championing tycoon takes office as PM

Thai tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul took office as prime minister on Sunday, with the cannabis-championing conservative ousting the nation’s dominant political dynasty and setting course for elections early next year. Since 2023 elections, Thailand’s top office h…
Anutin Charnvirakul, a former minister who championed Thailand’s decriminalisation of cannabis, becomes the kingdom’s third prime minister in two years – Copyright AFP/File Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
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