COVER STORY ASIA'S 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN
YINGLUCK
SHINAWATRA
Citizenship/Residence
Thailand
Yingluck Shinawatra is a Thai
businesswoman and politician.
She became Thailand’s first female and youngest prime minister when she led the Pheu Thai
party to victory in the July 2011
general election. She has maintained peace between the country’s color-coded political enemies, with a base of farmers and
the working class. She opened
the world’s biggest wildlife summit in March with a pledge to
outlaw Thailand’s domestic ivory
trade. She remained in the post
for nearly three years, until the
Constitutional Court forced her
to step down in early May 2014
after finding her guilty of abusing
her power.
ZAHA HADID
Citizenship/Residence
Iraqi-British
Zaha Hadid is the leading light of contemporary iconic architecture. Her buildings practically express,
“I’m a Hadid”. A bona fidecreator, Hadid is without a doubt the world’s most famous woman in the
architect realm. Zaha Hadid Architects create landmark projects for all types of operative segments.
Her buildings are about assertive statements of a particular view, that the world may indeed look
different. She is currently professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in Austria. Zaha Hadid is
the 2004 Pritzker Prize laureate and winner of the Stirling Prize in 2010 and 2011.
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