THREE THINGS MADE YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA A NOTABLE PERSON IN HISTORY AND POLITICS
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Prime Minister of Thailand
In office
5 August 2011 – 7 May 2014
Monarch
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Deputy
Yongyuth Wichaidit
Surapong Tovichakchaikul
Kittiratt Na-Ranong
Chalerm Yubamrung
Kowit Wattana
Chumpol Silpa-archa
Preceded by
Abhisit Vejjajiva
Succeeded by
Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan (Acting)
Minister of Defence
In office
30 June 2013 – 7 May 2014
Prime Minister
herself
Preceded by
Sukampol Suwannathat
Succeeded by
Prawit Wongsuwan
Personal details
Born
21 June 1967 (age 52)
San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Nationality
Thai
Serbian
Political party
Pheu Thai Party
Domestic partner
Anusorn Amornchat
Children
Supasek Amornchat
Residence
Bangkok (until 2017)
Alma mater
Chiang Mai University
Kentucky State University
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Born in Chiang Mai Province into a wealthy family of Hakka Chinese descent,[4][5] Yingluck Shinawatra earned a bachelor's degree from Chiang Mai University and a master's degree from Kentucky State University, both in public administration.[6] She then became an executive in the businesses founded by her elder brother, Thaksin Shinawatra and later became the president of property developer SC Asset and managing director of Advanced Info Service. Thaksin served as Prime Minister from 2001 until 2006 when he was overthrown by a military coup. He fled abroad shortly before he was convicted in absentia of using his position to increase his own wealth. He has since lived in self-imposed exile to avoid his sentence in prison.
In May 2011, the Pheu Thai Party, which maintains close ties to Thaksin, nominated Yingluck as their candidate for Prime Minister in the 2011 election.[7][8] She campaigned on a platform of national reconciliation, poverty eradication, and corporate income tax reduction and won a landslide victory.
After mass protests against her government in late 2013, she asked for a dissolution of parliament on 9 December 2013, triggering a snap election, but continued to act as caretaker prime minister.[9] On 7 May 2014, the Constitutional Court of Thailand removed Yingluck Shinawatra from the office of caretaker prime minister and defence minister following months of political crisis. The court found her guilty of charges of abuse of power over the removal of national security chief Thawil Pliensri in 2011.[10] In the wake of the May 2014 military coup, Yingluck was arrested along with former cabinet ministers and political leaders of all parties and held at an army camp for a few days while the coup was consolidated.