
When 38-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra was sworn in as Thailand’s new Prime Minister last Sunday her accession marked three milestones.
First, she became the youngest-ever prime minister of this important Southeast Asian nation. Second, she brought the Shinawatra family back to power for the first time in a decade, after her aunt Yingluck Shinawatra was forced out by a judicial ruling in 2014 and her father Thaksin Shinawatra, a tycoon who used to own Manchester City, was removed in a 2006 coup. Third, her appointment means six of south-east Asia’s 10 nations will be ruled by family dynasties.
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