following in the footsteps of her billionaire father and her aunt Yingluck Shinawatra. Her father was removed from office and forced into exile in a coup in 2006 after he was convicted of ...

His sister Yingluck Shinawatra faced a similar fate after her Pheu Thai party won an election in 2011 and she became Thailand’s first female prime minister. Yingluck was ousted by judicial order ...

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thailand's 31st prime minister, was inaugurated on August 16, 2024. She is the second woman in Thailand's history to hold the office of prime minister, following in the ...

BANGKOK: On Thursday (May 22) at 1.30pm, Thailand’s Supreme Administrative Court is scheduled to deliver its ruling in Case involving former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and one other ...

BANGKOK, Aug 6 (AFP) - Yingluck Shinawatra was confirmed as Thailand's first female prime minister on Friday, as the volatile kingdom begins a new chapter after years of political upheaval since her ...

To achieve a majority, the party formed a coalition with pro-military parties linked to a coup that removed a Pheu Thai government led by Thaksin’s sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, from power in 2014.

After years as the world’s top rice exporter, Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra’s populist policies are causing serious problems. Governments are spending vast sums to reduce crushing poverty.

His sister, former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, also in exile since she was ousted in a coup in 2014, would follow him home at a later date. Conservatives hoped that a strong, effective ...

The man who commands this domain is a significant figure: Prime minister in the early 2000s, brother and confidant to former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and father to the current leader ...