Thai PM candidate gives birth two weeks before election

FILE PHOTO: Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Srettha Thavisin, a property tycoon and Pheu Thai Party's new adviser, and Chaikasem Nitisiri, line up as the Pheu Thai Party's prime ministerial candidates, are pictured during an event to announce the party's prime ministerial candidate in Bangkok, Thailand, April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

Thailand's leading prime ministerial candidate, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, gave birth on Monday to a baby boy two weeks before elections in which she hopes to return to power the populist movement her father and aunt led before army coups ousted them.

Paetongtarn, 36, announced the birth on her official Facebook and Instagram accounts with a photo of the newborn.