Paetongtarn Shinawatra attends a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 15, 2024. (Xinhua)

BANGKOK, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Paetongtarn Shinawatra, leader of Thailand's Pheu Thai Party, was elected as the country's new prime minister on Friday after winning a parliamentary vote.

Paetongtarn, 37, will be officially sworn in as the country's youngest and second female PM after receiving the royal endorsement from Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

As the third Thai PM bearing the Shinawatra name after her father Thaksin and her aunt Yingluck, she would need to navigate a complicated political landscape and try to boost the sluggish economy of the Southeast Asian country.