Thaksin Shinawatra Archives

September 9, 2025 2:52 PM

‘I lose my freedom today’: Thailand’s Thaksin jailed in fall from grace

A smiling Thaksin Shinawatra arrived at Thailand's Supreme Court on Tuesday morning in his black and silver Mercedes Maybach luxury sedan, dressed in a dark suit and a yellow tie. But the former Thai prime minister left the court complex bereft of t...

September 9, 2025 1:00 PM

Thai ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra jailed as court rules hospital stay unlawful

Thailand's influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was sent to prison on Tuesday after the Supreme Court ruled his time in hospital detention was an attempt to avoid jail, a major blow for a powerful family that has dominated politics fo...

September 5, 2025 5:50 PM

Thailand’s Anutin Charnvirakul elected PM after rout of ruling party rival

Thailand's Anutin Charnvirakul was elected prime minister on Friday after breezing through a parliamentary vote, trouncing the candidate of the Shinawatra family's once-dominant ruling party to end a week of chaos and political deadlock. With de...

September 5, 2025 5:44 PM

Thai parliament to vote on new PM, as Thaksin jets off amid chaos

Thailand's parliament is set to choose a new prime minister on Friday, after days of political chaos, in a vote that could be overshadowed by the dramatic departure from the country of its most powerful politician Thaksin Shinawatra. Polarising bill...

September 4, 2025 6:24 PM

Thailand’s Thaksin Shinawatra faces a political reckoning as Pheu Thai reels

When Sakda Vicheansil, a lawmaker from western Thailand, announced his resignation from the ruling Pheu Thai party in early September, his words reflected the extraordinary decline of the country's most dominant politician, Thaksin Shinawatra. ...

September 3, 2025 10:11 AM

Thailand’s ruling party seeks house dissolution as opposition backs rival’s PM bid

Thai politics were in chaos on Wednesday as the ruling Pheu Thai party said it had sought royal approval to dissolve the parliament for a new election, moments after the biggest group in the house said it would back another party to form a government...

August 21, 2025 2:37 PM

Thailand’s Shinawatra dynasty faces triple court test that could upend politics

Thailand's billionaire Shinawatra family is bracing for a series of high-stakes court decisions starting Friday that could test its political resilience, with the prospect of an early election and prolonged trouble for the country's stuttering econom...

June 18, 2024 11:14 AM

Formal Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra granted bail in royal insult case

Influential former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a powerful backer of the ruling government, was granted bail by a court on Tuesday, avoiding pre-trial detention for allegedly insulting the monarchy in a 2015 interview. The billionaire s...