Yingluck Shinawatra

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yingluck Shinawatra
Occupation	World Leader
Date Of Birth	Jun 21, 1967(1967-06-21)
Age	57
Birthplace	San Kamphaeng
Country	Thailand
Horoscope	Gemini

Yingluck Shinawatra Biography

Yingluck Shinawatra is one of the most popular and richest World Leader who was born on June 21, 1967 in San Kamphaeng, Thailand. A politician and businesswoman, she was elected the first female Prime Minister in Thailand in 2011. Although her brother Thanksin was also Prime Minister, he was exiled during a military coup.

Kowitwattana was her Deputy Prime Minister between 2011 and 2012.

Yingluck Shinawatra (Thai: ยิ่งลักษณ์ ชินวัตร , RTGS: Yinglak Chinnawat , pronounced [jîŋ.lák t͡ɕʰīn.nā.wát] ; born 21 June 1967), nicknamed Pou (Thai: ปู , RTGS: Pu , pronounced [pūː] , meaning “crab”), is a Thai businesswoman, politician and a member of the Pheu Thai Party who became the 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.

Yingluck began her career as a sales and marketing intern in 1993 at Shinawatra Directories Co., Ltd., a telephone directory business founded by AT&T International. She later became the director of procurement and the director of operations. In 1994, she became the general manager of Rainbow Media, a subsidiary of International Broadcasting Corporation (which later became TrueVisions). She left as Deputy CEO of IBC in 2002, and became the CEO of Advanced Info Service (AIS), Thailand’s largest mobile phone operator. After the sale of Shin Corporation (the parent company of AIS) to Temasek Holdings, Yingluck resigned from AIS, but remained Managing Director of SC Asset Co Ltd, the Shinawatra family property development company. She was investigated by Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission regarding possible insider trading after she sold shares of her AIS stock for a profit prior to the sale of the Shin Corporation to Temasek Holdings. However, no charges were filed. Yingluck Shinawatra is also a committee member and secretary of the Thaicom Foundation.

She was the daughter of a Thai parliament member, as were her eight older siblings. After marrying Anusorn Amornchat in 1995, she became a common-law wife and had a son called Supasek.

Yingluck Shinawatra Net Worth

Yingluck Shinawatra is one of the richest World Leader from Thailand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yingluck Shinawatra 's net worth $25 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She graduated from Kentucky State University with a master’s degree in Management Information Systems. After graduating, she worked as a sales intern at an AT&T subsidiary telephone company.

She was the youngest Prime Minister in Thailand’s History.

Yingluck Shinawatra is the youngest of nine children of Loet Shinawatra and Yindi Ramingwong. Her father was a businessman and member of parliament for Chiang Mai. Her paternal family is of Hakka Chinese origin, descending from Seng Saekhu (her great-grandfather) who immigrated from Meizhou, Guangdong, to Siam in the 1860s, becoming a tax farmer in Chiang Mai. On her maternal side, she is a descendant of the former royal family of Chiang Mai through her grandmother, Princess Chanthip na Chiangmai (great-great-granddaughter of Prince Thammalangka who ruled Chiang Mai in the early-19th century). Yingluck grew up in Chiang Mai and attended Regina Coeli College, a private girls’ school, for the lower secondary level, followed by Yupparaj College, a co- educational school, at the upper secondary level. She graduated with a BA degree from the Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration, at Chiang Mai University in 1988 and received a MPA degree (specialisation in Management Information Systems) from Kentucky State University in 1991.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Yingluck Shinawatra height 5 ft 7 in Yingluck weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Yingluck Shinawatra Dating?

According to our records, Yingluck Shinawatra married to Anusorn Amornchat. As of December 1, 2023, Yingluck Shinawatra’s is not dating anyone.

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Based on the 2007 Thai constitution, public officials can be charged and imprisoned for abuse of power and negligence, even without proof of corruption.

Facts & Trivia

Yingluck Ranked on the list of most popular World Leader. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra celebrates birthday on June 21 of every year.

After the governing People’s Power party was dissolved and its executive board was banned from political activity for five years by the Constitutional Court on 2 December 2008, the former People’s Power Party MPs formed the Pheu Thai Party. Yingluck was asked to become the party’s leader, but she declined, saying that she had no desire to be prime minister and wanted to concentrate on business. Yongyuth Wichaidit became the leader of the party.

Why was Yingluck removed?

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.

Where does Thaksin Shinawatra live now?

Thaksin was overthrown in a military coup on 19 September 2006. His party was outlawed and he was barred from political activity. Thaksin has since lived in self-imposed exile except for a brief visit to Thailand in 2008.

How old is Yingluck?

54 years (June 21, 1967)

What is Thaksin Shinawatra worth?

1.9 billion USD (2022)

Is Yingluck Shinawatra married?

Anusorn Amornchat