Heir to a construction fortune and hobbyist jet pilot Anutin Charnvirakul is widely expected to remain Thailand's prime minister after this weekend's general election, regardless of the result.
His Bhumjaithai party came third in the last vote, but the 59-year-old conservative -- who championed Thailand's decriminalisation of cannabis -- became prime minister in September after his predecessor Paetongtarn Shinawatra was ousted by court order.
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