Paetongtarn Shinawatra has become the youngest person and the second woman to ever hold office in Thailand. She is the third in her family to hold this position, after her father and her aunt, both of whom were removed from office by military coups and forced into exile. She is the successor of Srettha Thavisin who was recently removed from the position of Prime Minister by the Constitutional Court of Bangkok.
Why was Srettha Thavisin removed?
The former Prime Minister, Srettha Thavisin was removed from office on Wednesday before he could even complete an entire year of his tenure. He is the fourth Thai Prime Minister in the past 16 years to have been removed by the court before he could finish his time in office.
Srettha had appointed a former lawyer, Pichit Chueban, who had been in jail for contempt of court after an alleged attempt to bribe a judge. The senators had complained about this since they felt that this is an ethical breach. The petition submitted by forty senators was accepted in a 6-3 split vote by the judges and Srettha was dethroned from his position for appointing a cabinet minister with a criminal history.
Who is Paetongtarn Shinawatra?
Billionaire Thaksin is the founder of the Pheu Thai Party, with which Srettha was also associated. Paetongtarn is the youngest daughter of Thaksin.
Paetongtarn is a graduate of Political Science from the prestigious elite conservative institute, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. She also has a master’s degree in International Hotel Management from University of Surrey. Before her political career began in 2021 as the chief of Pheu Thai’s Inclusion and Innovation Advisory Committee, she managed her family’s hotel business. Paetongtarn comes from a family of politicians, making her the third in her family to take on this role. Her father and aunt have both served as the Prime Minister but both were taken down by military coups.
Paetongtarn’s Key Policies
Thailand, today, finds itself in a political turmoil. Thailand has experienced a long tussle of power between the pro-royalty military establishment and the people’s parties associated with the Pheu Thai. The army had seized power in the country through a coup in 2014 and remained in power up until 2019. In 2017, the military also introduced a new constitution. This is the situation Paetongtarn has been appointed in.
Paetongtarn has brought with her several promises for policy changes such as lowering public transportation rates, expanding healthcare schemes and scope, and increasing the minimum daily wage. She aims to strengthen economic growth through liberal and looser fiscal policies. She has also repeatedly championed for lower interest rates and has also repeatedly criticised the central bank for its autonomous status, citing that it has created problems in resolving Thailand’s economic problems.
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