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Yingluck Shinawatra, Pheu Thai party leader and prime minister elect, poses for a photograph before attending the opening of parliament ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. Thailand's Parliament opened today for the first time since Yingluck Shinawatra's Pheu Thai party won a majority last month, paving the way for lawmakers to select her as the country's first female prime minister. Photographer: Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Yingluck Shinawatra, Pheu Thai party leader and prime minister elect, poses for a photograph before attending the opening of parliament ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. Thailand's Parliament opened today for the first time since Yingluck Shinawatra's Pheu Thai party won a majority last month, paving the way for lawmakers to select her as the country's first female prime minister. Photographer: Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images