Yingluck Shinawatra
World Leader
Politician and businesswoman who took office as the first female Prime Minister of Thailand in 2011. Her brother Thanksin was also Prime Minster but was exiled in a military coup.
She studied Political Science and Public Administration at Chiang Mai University and later received a graduate degree in Management Information Systems from Kentucky State University. She subsequently worked as a sales intern for an AT&T affiliate telephone company.
She was one of the youngest Prime Ministers in Thailand's history.
She and her eight older siblings were the children of a member of the Thai Parliament. She later became a common law wife after marrying Anusorn Amornchat in 1995; they had a son named Supasek.
Kowit Wattana served as her Deputy Prime Minister from 2011 to 2012.