Public event of the Puea Thai Party in Bangkok, Thailand - March 11, 2024.

Thailand's parliament voted Friday to make Paetongtarn Shinawatra the country's next prime minister, placing another member of the kingdom's most famous and contentious political dynasty in the role.

The vote came two days after Thailand's Constitutional Court dismissed former Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin in a shock decision that plunged the kingdom into further political uncertainty and raised fresh concerns about the erosion of democratic rights.

Paetongtarn, 37, won 319 votes in the House of Representatives after being designated the sole candidate by her ruling Pheu Thai party's coalition to replace Srettha. She must still receive the backing of King Maha Vajiralongkorn before being officially sworn in and naming a cabinet.

Paetongtarn will be Thailand's second female prime minister, after her aunt Yingluck Shinawatra, and the youngest to hold the post.

A political newcomer, Paetongtarn was one of three candidates for prime minister for Pheu Thai ahead of national elections in May last year and made international headlines when she gave birth just two weeks before the vote.

Her appointment adds another twist to a years-long saga that has rocked Thailand's already turbulent political landscape.

Paetongtarn is the youngest daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a military coup in 2006. Thaksin is one of Thailand's most influential figures, whose economic and populist policies enabled him to build a political machine that has dominated Thai politics for the past two decades.