Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thailand’s Second Woman Prime Minister, Has Film-Friendly Pedigree
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Though it is too soon to determine her political agenda, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thailand’s new prime minister, has significant film industry heritage. And some family baggage to go with it. Elected by parliament on Friday, just two days after a Constitutional Court ruling removed her predecessor Srettha Thavisin, Shinawatra is the country’s youngest PM, the second woman PM and the third from her family to hold the top political post.