Yingluck Shinawatra

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]

Yingluck Shinawatra MPCh MWM
ยิ่งลักษณ์ ชินวัตร
Prime Meenister o Thailand
In office 5 August 2011 – 7 Mey 2014
Monarch	Bhumibol Adulyadej
Depute	See list Chalerm Yubamrung Kittiratt Na-Ranong Surapong Towijakchaikul Plodprasop Suraswadi Phongthep Thepkanjana
Precedit bi	Abhisit Vejjajiva
Succeedit bi	Niwatthumrong Boonsongpaisan (Actin)
Meenister o Defence
In office 30 Juin 2013 – 7 Mey 2014
Depute	Yuthasak Sasiprapha
Precedit bi	Sukampol Suwannathat
Succeedit bi	Vacant
Personal details
Born	(1967-06-21) 21 Juin 1967 (age 56) San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Poleetical pairty	Pheu Thai Pairty
Spoose(s)	Anusorn Amornchat
Relations	Thaksin Shinawatra (brother) Somchai Wongsawat (brither-in-law)
Bairns	Supasek Amornchat
Alma mater	Chiang Mai Varsity Kentucky State Varsity
Profession	Businessperson an Politeecian
Religion	Buddhism
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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.