The Thai parliament elected its youngest-ever prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, just days after the dismissal of former Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.

Paetongtarn, 37, is the youngest child of billionaire Thaksin, 75, founder of the Pheu Thai party, with which Srettha was also affiliated.

Paetongtarn was elected easily on Friday, as her party and its allies hold 314 out of 493 seats in parliament, and she required the vote of at least half of the current legislators to become prime minister.

She studied at the elite conservative institute, Chulalongkorn University, in Bangkok.