Successful impeachment would ban Yingluck from politics for five years.
Yingluck was Thailand's first female Prime Minister
and its youngest in over 60 years.
The repeated successes of Thaksin and Yingluck coincided with the flagging power of the Thai monarchy.
In 2011, Thaksin's sister Yingluck won the election
and became the first female prime minister in Thailand.
In 2011, Yingluck, Thaksin's sister,
triumphed in a landslide election, becoming the first female prime minister of Thailand.
Yingluck has told the BBC that she does not
intend to call an early election to address the crisis.
Yingluck failed to appear on August 25 as hundreds
of her supporters waited outside Thailand's Supreme Court for the scheduled verdict.
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 and his sister Yingluck, who was toppled by a 2014 coup,
both live abroad to avoid convictions they say are politically motivated.
Manmohan Singh, paid an official visit to Kingdom of Thailand on May 30-31, 2013 at the invitation of Prime Minister of Thailand H.E. Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra.
Yingluck responded:"Anything I can do to make people happy, I am willing to
do… but as prime minister, what I can do must be under the constitution.".
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.
The situation deteriorated still further earlier
this month, when a controversial court ruling removed Mr Thaksin's sister Yingluck from her position as prime minister,
saying she had acted illegally by moving her national security chief to another position.