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Timeline: Ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra's life in politics
Reuters, Published on 18/02/2024
» Thailand's controversial billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday after serving six months in detention.
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Royalist turns protester as movement broadens
Reuters, Published on 02/09/2021
» Often seen at the wheel of one of his supercars, ultra-royalist Tanat "Nat" Thanakitamnuay became a well-known face at demonstrations that ushered in Thailand's 2014 coup.
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Protesters unveil plans for big march on PM's office
Reuters, Published on 09/09/2020
» Anti-government activists on Wednesday announced plans to hold an overnight protest and to rally up to 100,000 people to march on Government House next week, piling more pressure on the military-backed administration to step down.
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Pheu Thai fires up fervour in Isan heartland
Reuters, Published on 18/02/2019
» UBON RATCHATHANI: Leaders of Thailand's biggest opposition party campaigning on Monday never mentioned ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, whose policies they espouse, nor the princess whose shock candidacy could see its ally banned from the March 24 election.
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Prayut says ban on political activity to be lifted by December
Reuters, Published on 30/10/2018
» CHIANG RAI: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday a ban on political activity will be lifted by December in anticipation of a general election next year.
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Thai politics: No country for young men?
Reuters, Published on 25/03/2018
» A 39-year-old motor parts billionaire and extreme sports enthusiast seeking to shake up Thai politics has been compared to France's Emmanuel Macron and Canada's Justin Trudeau for his youth.
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Thaksin, Yingluck spotted in Singapore
Reuters, Published on 21/02/2018
» Fugitive former prime ministers Thaksin and sister Yingluck Shinawatra were in Singapore on Tuesday, in a rare sighting after their recent visits to China, Hong Kong and Japan.
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Thaksin calls for party unity ahead of promised election
Reuters, Published on 19/02/2018
» Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra met lawmakers from the Pheu Thai Party in Hong Kong where he called for party unity ahead of an approaching general election, party members said on Monday.
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Govt approves B73bn in help for rice farmers
Reuters, Published on 01/09/2017
» The government on Friday announced 73 billion baht in loans and handouts to help stabilise prices for rice farmers, a politically influential group whose heartland is in regions where opposition to the military junta is strongest.
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Mysterious signs urging unity appear on eve of Yingluck ruling
Reuters, Published on 24/08/2017
» Dozens of big signs with the message "no disunity, no fracture" appeared in Bangkok on Thursday, a day before a much-anticipated court ruling in a case against ousted, former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
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