Newly Thai’s Prime Minister Shinawatra Yingluck has become the newest member of the club of current female presidents and prime ministers in the world.
On Thursday 5 August, Shinawatra Yingluck was voted as the newly Thai’s Prime Minister as well as the first woman to hold the office in Thai history with 296 votes in the nearly 500-member parliament. And today is the official day of the 44-year-old Shinawatra as the country’s leader when King Bhumibol Adulyadej endorsed her appointment as the 28th prime minister with a royal command presented at a ceremony at her Pheu Thai party headquarters. Making a speech after certificated officially on Monday, Shinawatra announced: "To be the first female prime minister like this is a big challenge and carries high expectations of the people." but expressed her confidence that "being a woman will not be an obstacle because women combine strength and tenderness in solving problems."
Yingluck Shinawatra became the 28th Prime Minister and the first female Prime Minister of Thai history on Thursday 5 August
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