Yingluck elected as new Thailand PM
China Daily | Updated: 2011-08-06 07:52
Thailand's new Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of the Pheu Thai Party gestures to members of parliament moments after being elected as the country's 28th prime minister in Bangkok on Friday. Sukree Sukplang / Reuters |
BANGKOK / BEIJING - Yingluck Shinawatra, sister of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, was elected on Friday as Thailand's first female prime minister.
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