泰国议会推选巴育为新总理

Thailand\'s military-ruled parliament has elected General Prayuth Chan-ocha as the country\'s new prime minister, nearly three months after he seized power in a bloodless coup.

Thursday\'s unanimous election of the 60-year-old army chief was a foregone conclusion, since he was the only candidate for the post.  Prayuth has led the junta since forcing Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra\'s government out of power.

Prayuth will step down as army chief next month.  He plans to stay in power until new elections are held in late 2015. 

Thailand has been plagued by political unrest since 2006, when former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Yingluck Shinawatra\'s older brother, was ousted in a military coup in 2006.  Thaksin and his sister were bitterly opposed by Bangkok\'s traditionalist political elite.

星期四，议员们一致推选现年60岁的陆军司令巴育出任总理，由于巴育是唯一的候选人，这一结果早在人们的意料之中。把英拉总理的政府赶下台后，巴育一直领导着军政府。

巴育下月将辞去陆军司令职务。他计划执掌大权，直到2015年举行新选举。

自2006年以来，泰国一直处于政治动乱之中。在2006年的军事政变中，英拉的哥哥他信被罢黜。他信和英拉遭到曼谷传统政治精英的激烈反对。