US EditionThe turbulent history of Thailand's Shinawatras
The Shinawatra family's populist policies won rural support but sparked legal and military opposition, with Thaksin's acquittal marking a rare legal victory in their contested 25-year rule.
- Thaksin Shinawatra was acquitted by a Bangkok court on Friday, AFP noted the Shinawatra dynasty's 25-year dominance amid his royal-insult charge linked to a 2015 interview.
- Thaksin built power by turning a policing career into a telecom fortune and forming the Thai Rak Thai party, promising to uplift rural voters but angering the pro-monarchy and pro-military establishment.
- In 2006, tanks rolled into Bangkok and the 2006 military coup toppled Thaksin Shinawatra's government, leading to his self-imposed exile and ongoing family political influence via Pheu Thai party.
- The Constitutional Court of Thailand suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra last month amid a diplomatic probe, with rulings next week on her status and next month on Thaksin Shinawatra's hospital transfer case.
- Nearly two decades of polarization mean Thailand's political landscape remains shaped by Red Shirt supporters, Yellow Shirt royalists and the military, with lese-majeste law and drug-war allegations fueling tensions.
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Thailand's political path is shadowed by the ongoing dramas of former leader Thaksin Shinawatra
Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire former prime minister of Thailand, remains one of the country’s most influential and controversial figures nearly two decades after being ousted in a 2006 military coup.
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right1Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution44% Left, 44% Center
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- 44% of the sources lean Left, 44% of the sources are Center
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C 44%
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