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The Nation
February 20, 2018
He is also known for his ability to broker agreements between conflicting factions. His main task now is to fix the growing cracks within the party, particularly over the next leader. Pheu Thai sources yesterday dismissed the rumour that Thaksin assigned Pongsak to lead the party. A Bangkok politician who isÃÂ ...
Khaosod English
January 13, 2018
Furthermore, consider this: In the 2001 general election, Thaksin and Thai Rak Thai party won more than 11 million or 40.6 percent of the popular vote, leading them to capture 248 seats in parliament. In 2005, they won more ... Thailand was ripped into two tribal warring factions. From elections to protests,ÃÂ ...
Southeast Asia Globe
October 4, 2017
Founding member and former deputy leader of Thaksin Shinawatra's now dissolved Thai Rak Thai party, Sudarat Keyuraphan served variously as health minister ... As a member of the so-called Bangkok faction of Thaksin's supporters, Sudarat has enjoyed a significant level of support from the party elite inÃÂ ...
East Asia Forum
August 30, 2017
His party Thai Rak Thai introduced modern political techniques into Thailand such as surveys and focus groups, but it is his policies that will prove his more substantial legacy. The universal 30-baht ... The defection of Buriram parliamentarian Newin Chidchob's faction is an example. Newin crossed the floorÃÂ ...
World Socialist Web Site
October 19, 2016
Prem survived two coup attempts by rival factions of the military thanks to the direct intervention of the king. ... Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party defeated the Democrats in the 2001 election by capitalising on the widespread hostility to the IMF's agenda including from sections ofÃÂ ...
The Nation
February 27, 2016
Named by his father after the notorious Burmese General Ne Win, the former politician from Buri Ram played a major role in the collapse of the Democrat-led government, brought his faction to support Thaksin Shinawatra under the now-defunct Thai Rak Thai Party, before defecting from the party and takingÃÂ ...
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
October 17, 2013
The Matupum Party counts among its members some Muslim politicians in the Wadah faction who were originally inside Thai Rak Thai, and before that, part of the Chawalit Yongjaiyut's New Aspirations Party. Despite being co-opted into the mainstream Thai polity by people like retired general and Privy Council chair PremÃÂ ...
The Nation
May 14, 2013
Speculation first focused on former Thai Rak Thai MP Sudarat Keyuraphan, known as the party's Bangkok faction leader, but she declared publicly on Monday that she was devoting herself fully to the restoration of the birthplace of the Lord Buddha in India. Then Sqd Ldr Sita Divari, a member of Sudarat'sÃÂ ...
International Socialism Journal
September 4, 2008
Instead, the whole of society and, most tragically, the social movements have been entranced by a fight between two factions of the Thai ruling class. On one side are Thai Rak Thai, Thaksin, the Peoples Power Party and the Government; on the opposing side are a loose collection of authoritarian royalists,ÃÂ ...
Southeast Asia Globe
October 4, 2017
Founding member and former deputy leader of Thaksin Shinawatra's now dissolved Thai Rak Thai party, Sudarat Keyuraphan served variously as health minister ... As a member of the so-called Bangkok faction of Thaksin's supporters, Sudarat has enjoyed a significant level of support from the party elite inÃÂ ...
East Asia Forum
August 30, 2017
His party Thai Rak Thai introduced modern political techniques into Thailand such as surveys and focus groups, but it is his policies that will prove his more substantial legacy. The universal 30-baht ... The defection of Buriram parliamentarian Newin Chidchob's faction is an example. Newin crossed the floorÃÂ ...
Phuket Gazette
August 16, 2017
The pro-election faction argues that running in the election after the House dissolution is a democratic way. ... The Thai Rak Thai Party won a landslide victory, but several candidates of the party failed to meet the minimum requirement of getting at least 20 per cent of eligible votes in a constituency if theÃÂ ...
World Socialist Web Site
October 19, 2016
Prem survived two coup attempts by rival factions of the military thanks to the direct intervention of the king. ... Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party defeated the Democrats in the 2001 election by capitalising on the widespread hostility to the IMF's agenda including from sections ofÃÂ ...
International Business Times UK
October 13, 2016
Divisions are nothing new in a country that has seen dozens of military coups over the past century, but the modern period of instability began when the Thai military overthrew Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006, and then in 2007 banned his party, Thai Rak Thai. A new incarnation of the party won elections inÃÂ ...
East Asia Forum
November 30, 2015
Back in February 2005, Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai was re-elected with a bumper majority. But as Thaksin consolidated ever more ... Whenever other military factions have sought to undermine royal standing they have been promptly stamped out. General Prem Tinsulanonda, the chairman of theÃÂ ...
the Diplomat
June 5, 2014
The yellow-shirt faction holds extensive bureaucratic, legal and military power, but its leading political expression, the misnamed “Democrats”, have never won ... It is possible that the Eastern Tigers were alarmed by Yingluck's courting of other military factions, or by the Crown Prince's recent acquisition ofÃÂ ...
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
October 17, 2013
The Matupum Party counts among its members some Muslim politicians in the Wadah faction who were originally inside Thai Rak Thai, and before that, part of the Chawalit Yongjaiyut's New Aspirations Party. Despite being co-opted into the mainstream Thai polity by people like retired general and Privy Council chair PremÃÂ ...
The Nation
May 14, 2013
Speculation first focused on former Thai Rak Thai MP Sudarat Keyuraphan, known as the party's Bangkok faction leader, but she declared publicly on Monday that she was devoting herself fully to the restoration of the birthplace of the Lord Buddha in India. Then Sqd Ldr Sita Divari, a member of Sudarat'sÃÂ ...
The Nation
March 19, 2013
Yaowapa, a sister of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Yingluck, has been wielding power from behind the scenes as a faction leader for several years now. ... She has never held a Cabinet seat, but was an adviser to the prime minister during the second Thai Rak Thai government. Pheu ThaiÃÂ ...
International Socialism Journal
September 4, 2008
Instead, the whole of society and, most tragically, the social movements have been entranced by a fight between two factions of the Thai ruling class. On one side are Thai Rak Thai, Thaksin, the Peoples Power Party and the Government; on the opposing side are a loose collection of authoritarian royalists,ÃÂ ...
East Asia Forum
August 30, 2017
His party Thai Rak Thai introduced modern political techniques into ... The defection of Buriram parliamentarian Newin Chidchob's faction is anÃÂ ...
Khaosod English
June 12, 2017
After Thai Rak Thai was disbanded in the aftermath of the 2006 coup, ... though he's believed to have kept some contacts with politicians from Thaksin's faction. ... They included former Pheu Thai and Thai Rak Thai MPs such as Chakrapan ... He urged all groups and factions to “stay still” and refrain fromÃÂ ...
World Socialist Web Site
October 19, 2016
Prem survived two coup attempts by rival factions of the military thanks to ... Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party defeated ... given its blatant alignment with the anti-Thaksin faction of the ruling elite.
International Business Times UK
October 13, 2016
... Shinawatra in 2006, and then in 2007 banned his party, Thai Rak Thai. ... One of the most powerful factions is the Queen's Guard, loyal toÃÂ ...
East Asia Forum
November 30, 2015
Back in February 2005, Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai was re-elected ... Whenever other military factions have sought to undermine royalÃÂ ...
the Diplomat
June 5, 2014
... and urban Thais behind his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party using a novel, populist ... The yellow-shirt faction holds extensive bureaucratic, legal and ... Tigers were alarmed by Yingluck's courting of other military factions, or byÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
May 8, 2014
Two political parties with Thaksin ties - Thai Rak Thai and People's ... hope that the long-warring factions will finally find common ground.
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
October 17, 2013
The Matupum Party counts among its members some Muslim politicians in the Wadah faction who were originally inside Thai Rak Thai, and before that, part ofÃÂ ...
The Nation
March 19, 2013
Cabinet members from her faction are Science Minister Woravat ... adviser to the prime minister during the second Thai Rak Thai government.
BBC News
July 12, 2011
The most political of Thaksin's siblings was Yaowapa Wongsawat, who led a northern faction of Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai party. Thaksin wasÃÂ ...
International Socialism Journal
September 4, 2008
On one side are Thai Rak Thai, Thaksin, the Peoples Power Party and the ... Both factions are associated with people who have a record of corruption. ... In terms of economic policy, the Thaksin faction try to use a “dual track”à...
Bangkok Post
February 13, 2017
The Pheu Thai Party itself needs to look back at the political legacy of the now-dissolved Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT) and be reminded of how the TRT's former leader, Thaksin Shinawatra, established the party.
International Business Times UK
October 13, 2016
Divisions are nothing new in a country that has seen dozens of military coups over the past century, but the modern period of instability began when the Thai military overthrew Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006, and then in 2007 banned his party, Thai Rak ...
International Business Times UK
October 13, 2016
Divisions are nothing new in a country that has seen dozens of military coups over the past century, but the modern period of instability began when the Thai military overthrew Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006, and then in 2007 banned his party, Thai Rak ...
Bangkok Post
September 12, 2016
In 2001, the Thai Rak Thai Party under Thaksin Shinawatra won power with a progressive platform to address the nation's economic plight.
Bangkok Post
September 5, 2016
In 1991, after the putsch against the Chatichai government, and installation of a new constitution, the military regime set up the Samakkhi Tham Party, gathered many political factions, and backed Gen Suchinda Kraprayoon, the strongman at the time ...
Bangkok Post
July 30, 2016
... culprit in the gun robberry and a false accusation against Hayeesulong, the father of Pattani Senator Den Tomeena, and the Wadah faction of Muslim politicians under the now-defunct Thai Rak Thai Party for committing treason and masterminding the ...
The Nation
July 27, 2016
At that time, the charter's opponents mainly consisted of politicians from former premier Thaksin Shinawatra's dissolved Thai Rak Thai Party, as well as activists and academics close to the red-shirt movement. In the previous referendum, 14 million ...
Bangkok Post
July 11, 2016
According to another political source, Thaksin firmly believes that Khunying Sudarat, a deputy leader of the defunct Thai Rak Thai Party (Thaksin's original political vehicle), is the right person to lead the party through political hard times ...
Bangkok Post
July 10, 2016
According to another political source, Thaksin firmly believes that Khunying Sudarat, a deputy leader of the defunct Thai Rak Thai Party (Thaksin's original political vehicle), is the right person to lead the party through political hard times ...
The Nation
July 5, 2016
The August 7 national referendum on the new charter is crucial to the legitimacy of the National Council on Peace and Order (NCPO), which has governed the country since the 2014 coup.
Bangkok Post
June 9, 2016
The contract was processed by Witthaya and signed by Chucheep, who were members of the government led by Thaksin's now-defunct Thai Rak Thai Party. They came from the so-called Wang Nam Yen faction led by Witthaya's older brother, SanohÃÂ ...
Bangkok Post
May 6, 2016
Besides having friends in various political factions, Mr Anuthin can draw on his connections with leading business figures such as King Power magnate Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
The Nation
February 27, 2016
Named by his father after the notorious Burmese General Ne Win, the former politician from Buri Ram played a major role in the collapse of the Democrat-led government, brought his faction to support Thaksin Shinawatra under the now-defunct Thai Rak ...
