Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is the scion of a construction dynasty and a hobbyist jet pilot, but championed Thailand's decriminalisation of cannabis and styles himself as a man of the people.
After a stunning election win in February, parliament put the incumbent back in the pilot's chair on Thursday, with the millionaire conservative tasked with tackling weak growth and other economic turbulence on the horizon.
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