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    Thaksin Shinawatra

    Thaksin Shinawatra (born July 26, 1949) is a former Prime Minister of Thailand and founder of the Thai Rak Thai Party, who was exiled after a 2006 coup. He returned to the Thailand in 2023, was imprisoned, and granted parole in February 2024.[5]

    Heritage and early life

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    Thaksin's great-grandfather, Seng Saekhu (Khu Chun Seng 丘春盛), was an ethnic Chinese Hakka immigrant from Fengshun, Guangdong, China, who arrived in Siam in the 1860s and settled in Chiang Mai in 1908. His eldest son, Chiang Saekhu, was born in Chanthaburi in 1890 and married a local named Saeng Samana. Chiang's eldest son, Sak, adopted the Thai surname Shinawatra in 1938 because of the country's pro-Central Thai movement, and the rest of the family also adopted it.[6]

    Seng Saekhu had made his fortune through tax farming. Chiang Saekhu/Shinawatra later founded Shinawatra Silks and then moved into finance, construction, and property development.

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    Profile: Billionaire and former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra

    When Thaksin Shinawatra went into self-imposed exile in 2008 after he was charged with abuse of power following a military coup that overthrew his government, he issued a handwritten note.

    “If I am fortunate enough,” wrote Thaksin. “I will return and die on Thai soil.”

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    On Tuesday, the now 74-year-old finally returned to Thailand as Pheu Thai, the latest incarnation of his populist political movement, prepared for a vote in parliament on its candidate for prime minister.

    Despite his long absence, Thaksin remains enormously influential in Thai politics.

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    Thaksin Shinawatra

    Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006

    "Thaksin" redirects here. For other uses, see Thaksin (disambiguation).

    Thaksin Shinawatra[b] (born 26 July 1949) is a Thai politician and businessman who served as the 23rd prime minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006.

    Thaksin founded the mobile phone operator Advanced Info Service and the IT and telecommunications conglomerat Shin Corporation in 1987, ultimately making him one of the richest people in Thailand. He founded the Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT) in 1998 and, after a landslide electoral victory, became prime minister in 2001. He was the first democratically elected prime minister of Thailand to serve a full begrepp and was re-elected in 2005 by an overwhelming majority.[7]

    Thaksin declared a "war on drugs" in which more than 2,500 people were killed. Thaksin's government launched programs to reduce poverty, utöka infrastructure, promote small and medium-sized enterprises, and extend u

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