Nepal, Sept. 6 -- Thailand's next prime minister has pledged to make good on his promise to lead the fractured interim government to new polls.

Conservative tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul was confirmed by parliament on Friday, ending a week-long power vacuum following the ouster of his predecessor Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

The construction magnate cobbled together a coalition of opposition blocs to shut out Pheu Thai, the electoral vehicle of the once-dominant Shinawatra dynasty's patriarch Thaksin.

He received the backing of the People's Party, which holds a plurality of seats, on condition that he dissolve parliament within four months for fresh elections.

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