Profile of Yingluck Shinawatra
-- Born June 21, 1967
-- Youngest of nine children; elder brother is former PM Thaksin Shinawatra
-- Graduate in political science and business administration, master's degree, Kentucky State University
-- Ex-president of Advanced Info Service (AIS), the country's largest mobile phone operator, before it was sold to Singapore's Temasek Holdings
-- Also served as president, SC Asset, a family business
-- First woman to run for the country's highest political office