PUBLISHED: 15 Dec 2024 at 17: 29
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is listed among the” 100 World’s Most Powerful Women 2024″ by Forbes Magazine.
Ms. Paetongtarn is in the 29th position on the world record, and second in Asia, in the eyes of Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India, Jiraporn Sindhuprai.
Other women leaders in the Southeast Asia region on the list include Ho Ching, Temasek Trust chairwoman ( 32nd ), Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance of Indonesia ( 49th ), Helen Wong, Group CEO of OCBC in Singapore ( 59th ), and Jenny Lee, Senior Managing Partner of Granite Asia in Singapore (96th ).
Ms Paetongtarn was listed in the” Time 100 Future” in the president’s group by Times newspaper before, said Ms Jiraporn.
Ms Paetongtarn, the government’s 31st PM, became the country’s youngest at the age of 37.
” Mr Paetongtarn is the youngest female prime minister in the story of Thailand”, said Ms Jiraporn.
She has shown leadership in handling a number of domestic crises, particularly those involving the management of flooding in many provinces and the school bus fire incident, where she has urged authorities to act swiftly and fast, including pushing forward numerous policies from the former prime minister’s Srettha Thavisin’s government.
Those policies include a three-year producer loan suspension, tourism excitement with a free card, the 10, 000 bass money handout scheme, the marriage equality law and the 30-baht widespread healthcare project, she said.
According to Forbes, the 2024 Power List was determined by four key components: income, advertising, influence and spheres of influence. ” For democratic leaders, we weighed gross domestic products and populations, for corporate leaders, income, estimates and employee matters were important. Media mentions and cultural approach were taken into account for all, according to the report.
More than 1 billion people were identified as the 100 people, who collectively control more than$ 33 trillion in financial power and influence through policy or by example. Their leadership across financing, technology, media and over stands as a powerful response to those who question a person’s ability to wield ski, said the magazine.