john major became prime minister at the age of 47.
john major became prime minister at the age of 47.
who became prime minister at the age of 47?
john major
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thailand's history of leadership changes make it an anocratic state. thailand has been undergoing constant political upheaval since 1993. coups d'état and the purchase of political votes are the main causes for thai political instability. thailand experienced a period of political liberalization under general prem tinsulanonda who was an unelected prime minister during the 1980-1988 period. a series of coups ensued soon after. general suchinda kraprayoon led a coup against prime minister choonhavan on february 23, 1991. after the black may incident suchinda was forced to resign and anand panyarachun was assigned the position of temporary prime minister. thaksin shinawatra won the 2001 elections and became prime minister of thailand; he won again in 2005 but a coup led by the thai military deposed prime minister shinawatra in 2006. after a new constitution was adopted, samak sundaravej and his people's power party (thailand) won the election on december 23, 2007 and sundaravej became prime minister. however, due to a conflict of interest, sundaravej was ousted and somchai wongsawat was elected as the new prime minister. shortly after his election, prime minister wongsawat and the ppp was found to be guilty of electoral fraud and wongsawat lost his position. abhisit vejjajiva's election as the next prime minister was met with opposition by "red shirts." on july 3, 2011, yingluck shinawatra, belonging to the pheu thai party, was elected as prime minister. following mass protests in 2013, shinawatra was deposed by a military coup led by general chan-o-cha, who is currently the prime minister.
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