Fresh face: Paetongtarn walking past her portrait during the Pheu Thai party’s annual meeting in Bangkok. — AFP
She has half a million followers on Instagram, leads a glamorous lifestyle and describes herself as the “little girl” of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra – one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Thai history.
The 35-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra, youngest of billionaire tycoon Thaksin’s three children, is now launching herself into the country’s deeply divided political scene ahead of a national election due by March 2023.
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