Thaksin is now living in self-exile in Dubai.
Now there is one- Mr. Thaksin.”.
Thaksin accused the Department of Consular Affairs of revoking
the passports illegally on May 26, 2015.
The repeated successes of Thaksin and Yingluck coincided with the flagging power of the Thai monarchy.
Thaksin served as Thailand's prime minister from 2001 to 2006,
when his government was overthrown in a coup.
Finally, a coup took place in 2006 overthrowing Thaksin and ultimately driving him out of the country.
Parties loyal to Thaksin, a former telecommunications tycoon, have defeated pro-establishment parties
to win every election since 2001.
Thaksin's youngest sibling,
Chinnawat made the Puea Thai Party an election victory in 2011 and took power over the state.
Thaksin and his sister Yingluck-
who was overthrown in the 2014 coup- live overseas to avoid convictions they say are politically motivated.
Thaksin and his sister Yingluck-
who was overthrown in the 2014 coup- live abroad to avoid convictions they say are politically motivated.
Thaksin's youngest sister,
YINGLAK Chinnawat, in 2011 led the Puea Thai Party to an electoral win and assumed control of the government.
Thaksin and his sister Yingluck,
who was toppled by a 2014 coup, both live abroad to avoid convictions they say are politically motivated.
In 2006 the army, which has close links to the royal family and
to the upper classes in Thailand, overthrew democratically-elected Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Thaksin was hugely popular in the countryside,
especially in the north-eastern province of Isan, for his policies which tended to help the poorest in society.
Thaksin fled into exile-
where he bought and sold Manchester City football club- and then backed his sister Yingluck, who was elected as Prime Minister in 2011.
At the crux of the problem lay the apprehension among the
royal political network concerning the rise of Thaksin, who threatened to replace the old political order with his own.