Thai Rak Thai Party in the context of Anutin Charnvirakul


Thai Rak Thai Party in the context of Anutin Charnvirakul
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👉 Thai Rak Thai Party in the context of Anutin Charnvirakul

Anutin Charnvirakul (born 13 September 1966) is a Thai politician and businessman who has served as the 32nd prime minister of Thailand since 2025. He has also led the Bhumjaithai Party since 2012 and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2019.

Born into a wealthy family in Bangkok, Anutin was educated in Thailand and the United States, earning a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Hofstra University in 1989 and a master's degree in business administration from Thammasat University in 1990. He joined Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction (STECON), a family-owned construction company, where he became president in 1995. During his tenure, he played a major role in several large-scale infrastructure projects, most notably the construction of Suvarnabhumi Airport. Anutin began his political career in 1996 as a member of the Thai Rak Thai Party. He later served as advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister of Commerce in 2004, and Deputy Minister of Public Health from 2004 to 2006, during the premiership of Thaksin Shinawatra. Following the dissolution of the Thai Rak Thai Party in 2007, he was among the 111 executives banned from politics for five years.

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Thai Rak Thai Party in the context of Pheu Thai Party

The Pheu Thai Party (PTP or PT) is a major populist political party in Thailand. It is the third incarnation of the Thai Rak Thai Party, a political party founded by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 1998. Like the previous incarnations, Pheu Thai is the main political vehicle for the Shinawatra family. It is currently the second largest party in the House of Representatives and has been in government as the majority leader in the ruling coalition since 2023.

The Pheu Thai Party was founded on 20 September 2007, as an anticipated replacement for the People's Power Party (PPP), which the Constitutional Court of Thailand dissolved less than three months later after finding party members guilty of electoral fraud. The People's Power Party was itself a replacement for Thaksin's original Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT), dissolved by the Court in May 2007 for violation of electoral laws.

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Thai Rak Thai Party in the context of Thaksin Shinawatra

Thaksin Shinawatra (Thai: ทักษิณ ชินวัตร, RTGSThaksin Chinnawat [tʰák.sǐn tɕʰīn.nā.wát] ; born 26 July 1949) is a Thai former politician, businessman, and police officer who served as the 23rd prime minister of Thailand from 2001 until his overthrow in 2006. Since 2009 he has also been a citizen of Montenegro.

Thaksin founded the mobile phone operator Advanced Info Service (AIS) and the information technology and telecommunications conglomerate Shin Corporation in 1987, ultimately making him one of the richest people in Thailand. He founded the Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT) in 1998 and, after a landslide electoral victory, became prime minister in 2001. He was the first democratically elected prime minister of Thailand to serve a full term and was re-elected in 2005 by an overwhelming majority.

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