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Top left: Phraya Manopakorn Nitithada was the first prime minister of Thailand. Top right: Plaek Phibunsongkhram was the longest-serving prime minister. Bottom left: Yingluck Shinawatra was the first female prime minister of Thailand. Bottom right: Paetongtarn Shinawatra is the second female, the youngest (at the age of 37) and the incumbent ...
Yingluck Shinawatra MPCh MWM (Thai: ยิ่งลักษณ์ ชินวัตร, RTGS: Yinglak Chinnawat, pronounced [jîŋ.lák tɕʰīn.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.
The following is a list of female cabinet ministers of Thailand.Thailand is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma.
Paetongtarn also is Thailand’s second female prime minister after her aunt, and the country’s youngest leader at 37. As the only nominee, she was confirmed by 319 votes in favor, with 145 ...
A member of the Shinawatra family, she is the youngest child of the 23rd prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, and a niece of the 28th prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra. Paetongtarn became the youngest prime minister of Thailand and is the second woman to hold the position, following her aunt.
Thaksin's sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, was Thailand’s first female prime minister from 2011 to 2014. An in-law, Somchai Wongsawat, also served briefly in 2008.
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
Thailand received its first female prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, in 2011. Every prime minister since Manopakorn Nititada has been Buddhist. The current 2017 constitution states that the Prime Minister shall hold the office for no longer than eight years, consecutively or not.