Premiership of Thaksin Shinawatra

Thailand's Former Premier Thaksin Set for Early Release From Jail thaksin Thaksin Shinawatra In parliamentary elections held in January 2001 the Thai Rak Thai party, created in 1995, thaksin Thaksin Shinawatra, one of the most influential and polarising characters in Thai politics, has had his eight-year prison sentence reduced

thaksin In order to qualify for a royal pardon, Thaksin must first go to jail in Thailand In fact he has never been officially barred from returning to the country