Clearly, one reason she swept to power this year were her ties to her brother, exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who controls the country’s strongest political party. But she made it clear during the campaign that she is her own person, a seasoned business leader with appropriate professional degrees.
另一个新近就任的领导人则是泰国女总理英拉·西那瓦。很显然，她能在今年就任的一个原因就是她的哥哥，前总理他信·西那瓦，以及后者控制下的全国第一大政党。但在选举过程中英拉已经明确显示了出自身的独立性：一位拥有专业学历的老练商界领袖。