BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Lawmakers have elected the brother-in-law of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as the new prime minister of Thailand.
Somchai Wongsawat, center, after being nominated for the post of prime minister on Monday.
Parliament voted 298-163 on Wednesday in favor of Somchai Wongsawat, 61, who was education minister and is married to Thaksin's younger sister.
The prospect of a prime minister related to the disgraced, deposed Thaksin was unlikely to disperse anti-government protesters who have been camped at the prime minister's official compound since August 26.
Thaksin was deposed in a 2006 coup and is currently in exile in London, where he fled to escape corruption charges at home.
The ruling People's Power Party and its governing coalition hold 306 of the lower house's 480 seats. Ten lawmakers were disqualified from voting.
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