Ba yingluck shinawatra family
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Thailand's Shinawatras: From clan to dynasty
He was Thailand's prime minister for five years, his brother-in-law has served as prime minister, his youngest sister is expected to become the next prime minister - Thaksin Shinawatra once again seems to have broken the mould of Thai politics, writes Thitinan Pongsudhirak of Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University.
On 3 July the Pheu Thai party won 265 seats in Thailand's 500-member assembly. The party's figurehead in the election was Yingluck Shinawatra - so raising the profil even higher of the powerful Shinawatra family.
Thaksin Shinawatra lives in exile in Dubai to avoid going to jail for a corruption conviction, but his sister's convincing victory fryst vatten bound to throw more scrutiny on his time in office during the 2000s.
In Thailand's structurally polarised climate, Yingluck may just be what the Thais need - if both Thaksin and his adversaries allow it.
Since constitutional rule was introduced in p
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Profile: Yingluck Shinawatra
Born in 1967, Yingluck Shinawatra first carved out a career in the corporate world before joining politics.
She was managing director of AIS, the telecommunications firm her brother founded, and managing director of SC Asset Company, a family firm involved in property.
Before the 2011 election, Ms Yingluck, who has two degrees in politics, had never run for office or held a government post.
Critics were quick to point out her political inexperience, saying her main qualification appeared to be the fact that she was the youngest sister of Mr Thaksin, the billionaire who was ousted as prime minister by the military in 2006 and jailed in absentia for corruption.
They suggested her primary role was to marshal the Thaksin faithful - the mainly poor rural voters who kept him in power - and then serve as his proxy as he governed from overseas exile.
Ms Yingluck performed well on the campaign trail - people seemed to warm to her. The numerous supporter
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Yingluck Shinawatra
Prime Minister of Thailand from 2011 to 2014
Yingluck ShinawatraMPChMWM (Thai: ยิ่งลักษณ์ ชินวัตร, RTGS: Yinglak Chinnawat, pronounced[jîŋ.láktɕʰīn.nā.wát]ⓘ; born 21 June 1967) is a Thai businesswoman, politician and a member of the Pheu Thai Party who became the 28th prime minister of Thailand following the 2011 election. Yingluck was Thailand's first female prime minister and its youngest in over 60 years. She was removed from office on 7 May 2014 by a Constitutional Court decision.[1][2]
Born in Chiang Mai Province into a wealthy family of HakkaChinese descent,[3][4] Yingluck Shinawatra earned a bachelor's degree from Chiang Mai University and a master's degree from Kentucky State University, both in public administration.[5] She then became an executive in the businesses founded by her elder brother, Thaksin Shinawatra and later became the president of property developerSC Asset and