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Paetongtarn Shinawatra RThBh (Thai: แพทองธาร ชินวัตร; RTGS: Phaethongthan Chinnawat; born 21 August 1986) is a Thai politician and businesswoman. She has been the 31st and current Prime Minister of Thailand since 2024 and as leader of the Pheu Thai Party since 2023. She is the youngest daughter of Thaksin Shinawatra (prime minister from 2001 to 2006) and the niece of Yingluck Shinawatra (prime minister from 2011 to 2014).[1][2]
Paetongtarn Shinawatra RThBh | |
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แพทองธาร ชินวัตร | |
31st Prime Minister of Thailand | |
Assumed office 18 August 2024 | |
Monarch | Vajiralongkorn |
Preceded by | Srettha Thavisin |
Leader of the Pheu Thai Party | |
Assumed office 27 October 2023 | |
Preceded by | Chusak Sirinil (acting) Cholnan Srikaew |
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Born | Bangkok, Thailand | 21 August 1986
Political party | Pheu Thai |
Spouse(s) |
Pitaka Suksawat
(m. 2019) |
Children | 2 |
Mother | Potjaman Na Pombejra |
Father | Thaksin Shinawatra |
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Nickname(s) | Ung Ing (อุ๊งอิ๊ง) |
Shinawatra is the youngest person in Thai history to become prime minister and the second woman to hold the position.[3]
Paetongtarn was born on 21 August 1986 in Bangkok. Her father is Thaksin Shinawatra and her mother is Potjaman Na Pombejra. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Political Science, Sociology, and Anthropology from the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University in 2008 and continued her studies in England at the University of Surrey.[4]
After the removal of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin as prime minister by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 14 August 2024, Paetongtarn was nominated by Pheu Thai to replace him.[5] Her nomination was approved by parliament on 16 August.[6] She became the youngest person and the second woman to become Prime Minister of Thailand.[7]
Shinawatra married businessman Pitaka Suksawat in 2019. They have two children.[8]
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