Yingluck elected as 1st Thai female prime minister

Yingluck elected as 1st Thai female prime minister

BANGKOK, Thailand - Yingluck Shinawatra (C) attends a House of Representatives session in Bangkok on Aug. 5, 2011, for a nomination vote for prime minister. The 44-year-old former businesswoman, the youngest sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was elected as Thailand's 28th prime minister and first female prime minister after receiving 296 votes in the 500-seat House of Representatives from legislators of her Pheu Thai Party and five allied parties.

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