Opinion polls show Paetongtarn Shinawatra to be the heavy favorite to take the prime minister's post after Thailand's May 14 general election.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a leader of Thailand's opposition Pheu Thai Party, smiles as she talks to reporters at Thammasat Universitys indoor gymnasium in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, March 17, 2023. The Pheu Thai Party is heavily favored to win the most seats in the May 14 general election, and Paetongtarn, daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is one of its three nominees to become the next prime minister.
While Paetongtarn is the clear vote-getter of her party’s three candidates, any of the three could emerge from post-election wheeling and dealing as Thailand’s new leader. Paetongtarn's 73-year-old father was the first Thai politician ever to win an overall majority of seats. Although the billionaire businessman's populist policies built him a powerful political base, they also earned him the enmity of the country’s elite. Thaksin was ousted by a military coup in 2006 and has been in self-imposed exile for over a decade to avoid serving a prison term for abuse of power, a conviction he has decried as politically motivated.
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