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Yingluck Shinawatra

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ยิ่งลักษณ์ ชินวัตร
Prime Meenister o Thailand
In office
5 August 2011 – 7 Mey 2014
MonarchBhumibol Adulyadej
Depute
Precedit biAbhisit Vejjajiva
Succeedit biNiwatthumrong Boonsongpaisan (Actin)
Meenister o Defence
In office
30 Juin 2013 – 7 Mey 2014
DeputeYuthasak Sasiprapha
Precedit biSukampol Suwannathat
Succeedit biVacant
Personal details
Born (1967-06-21) 21 Juin 1967 (age 57)
San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Poleetical pairtyPheu Thai Pairty
Spoose(s)Anusorn Amornchat
RelationsThaksin Shinawatra (brother)
Somchai Wongsawat
(brither-in-law)
BairnsSupasek Amornchat
Alma materChiang Mai Varsity
Kentucky State Varsity
ProfessionBusinessperson an Politeecian
ReligionBuddhism
Signatur

Yingluck Shinawatra (Thai: ยิ่งลักษณ์ ชินวัตร, RTGS: Yinglak Chinnawat, pronounced [jîŋ.lák tɕʰīn.nā.wát]; born 21 June 1967), or nickname Pu (Thai: ปู, pronounced [pūː], "crab"),[1] is a Thai businesswoman an politeecian, member o the Pheu Thai Pairty, the 28t Prime Meenister o Thailand followin the 2011 general election. Yingluck is Thailand's first female Prime Meenister an at 45 is the youngest Prime Meenister o Thailand in ower 60 years.[2][3]

Born in Chiang Mai Province intae a wealthy faimily o Cheenese strynd,[4] Yingluck Shinawatra earned a bachelor's degree frae Chiang Mai Varsity an a master's degree frae Kentucky State Varsity, baith in public admeenistration.[5] She acame an executive in the businesses foondit bi her elder brither, Thaksin Shinawatra, an later acame the preses o property developer SC Asset an managin director o Advanced Info Service. Meanwhile, her brither Thaksin acame Prime Meenister, wis owerthrown in a militar coup, an went intae self-imposed exile efter a coort convictit him o abuse o pouer.

In Mey 2011, the Pheu Thai Pairty, which maintains close ties tae Thaksin, nominatit Yingluck as their candidate for Prime Meenister in the 2011 general election.[6][7] Peua Thai campaigned wi a slogan o "Thaksin Thinks, Peua Thai Does". She campaigned on a platform o naitional reconciliation, poverty eradication, an corporate income tax reduction, but the rulin Democrat Pairty claimed that she would act in the interests o her exiled brither. The Pheu Thai Pairty wan a landslide victory, winnin 265 seats in the 500 seat Hoose o Representatives o Thailand,[8] It wis anly the seicont time in Thai poleetical history that a single pairty wan a parliamentary majority, the first pairty wis her brither's pairty, Thai Rak Thai Pairty.

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  1. ↑ "'ปู'ปัดบินฮ่องกงพบพี่ชาย ไม่รู้'สมศักดิ์'อยากร่วมรบ". Thairath (in Thai). Bangkok. 8 Julie 2011. Archived frae the original on 4 Apryle 2012. Retrieved 27 Juin 2013. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ "Yingluck, Pheu Thai win in a landslide". Bangkok Post. 3 Julie 2011.
  3. ↑ CNN, [Talking politics with Thailand's PM http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/17/ta.abhisit/index.html Archived 2008-12-23 at the Wayback Machine], 18 December 2008
  4. ↑ Yingluck Shinawatra (prime minister of Thailand). Encyclopædia Britannica.
  5. ↑ "Yingluck to be 'clone' of ex-PM brother". The China Post. Taiwan. 4 Julie 2011.
  6. ↑ Kate, Daniel Ten (16 Mey 2011). "Sister of Fugitive Ex-Premier Thaksin Chosen as Leader of Opposition Party". Bangkok. Bloomberg L.P.
  7. ↑ Hookway, James (17 Mey 2011). "New Thai Candidacy". The Wall Street Journal. Bangkok.
  8. ↑ "Official balloting outcome". The Nation (Thailand). Bangkok. 5 Julie 2011. Archived frae the original on 8 Juin 2017. Retrieved 27 Juin 2013.

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