Thailand prime minister age

Thailand prime minister religion
Thailand prime minister
Thaksin shinawatra where is he now

•

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 conglomerate 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 term 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, expand infrastructure, promote small and medium-sized enterprises, and extend universal healthcare coverage. Thaksin took a strong-arm approach against the separatist insurgency i

•

Who is Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thailand’s new, youngest prime minister?

The Thai parliament elected its youngest-ever prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, on Friday, just days after the dismissal of former Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.

Here’s more about Paetongtarn and what happened in Thailand:

Thai court orders dismissal of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin

list 2 of 4

Thailand faces new political upheaval as PM removed from office

list 3 of 4

Is Thailand on the path to fresh political turmoil?

list 4 of 4

Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand’s next PM, youngest ever

end of list

Why was Srettha Thavisin removed as prime minister?

Constitutional Court judges voted 6-3 this year to accept a petition submitted by 40 senators to remove Srettha, of the Pheu Thai Party.

Senators had complained about Srettha’s appointment of former lawyer Pichit Chuenban, who was jailed for six months in 2008 for contempt of court, following allegations that he had tried to bribe court officials with 2 million baht ($55,218) placed in a pape

•

Thai heiress brings back divisive dynasty - but for how long?

Jonathan Head

Southeast Asia correspondent

Reporting fromBangkok

Getty Images

Paetongtarn Shinawatra brings a fresh, young face, and yet another member of the powerful Shinawatra clan, to the country’s top job.

She is the daughter of Thaksin Shinawatra, the deposed former PM who returned to Thailand last August after 15 years in exile.

The 37-year-old is also the youngest prime minister in Thailand’s history, and only the second woman - the first was her aunt Yingluck Shinawatra.

Known in Thailand by her nickname Ung Ing, Ms Paetongtarn has become a very familiar figure here since leading her party, Pheu Thai, in the general election last year. She proved a popular campaigner, speaking at rallies up to the last month of pregnancy with her second child.

However her family, in particular her mother Potjaman, who is still a powerful figure in Pheu Thai, did not want her to become prime minister, fearing she would be vulnerable to the kinds of legal interventions which forced both Ms Yingluck and Mr Thaksin