Thaksin Shinawatra
Thaksin Shinawatra
Thaksin Shinawatrais a Thai businessman and politician. Between 2001 and 2006, he was the Prime Minister of Thailand...
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth26 July 1949
becoming bodies matter
It's a matter of their bodies becoming weak.
mob rule
The protesters are exerting mob rule over the rule of law, which I can't accept.
detention secret
We have no involvement at all, ... We don't have any detention or secret jails or whatever.
faith government people wrong
Where in the world is a single-party government called a dictatorship? What's wrong with it when people have faith in me?
committed complete concrete forward korean nuclear peace permanent progress stability support talks toward verifiable
We are committed to the maintenance of peace and stability on the peninsula and support continuation of the six-party talks and look forward to concrete and verifiable progress toward a complete and permanent nuclear weapons-free Korean peninsula.
cooperation soon
We will talk about cooperation to destroy the disease as soon as we can.
country people terrible thai
This is the most terrible thing that can happen in a friendly country if Thai people have to escape from the backdoor of an embassy.
half history minister parliament prime seats second thai time win
I'm the first Thai prime minister in history that first time win half of parliament seats and second time win 76% of parliamentary seats and I was ousted because too popular.
civil clear people process war
I don't have to come back politically, but I would like to do something that will help the people of Thailand. There must be a process under which I can come back. I want to come back to clear the chaos in Thailand, the civil war in Thailand.
Politicians always criticize each other in different ways.
feelings fight fighting hurt might moral rule
I have to give moral support to my supporters. If I'm not going to fight anymore, that might hurt the feelings of my supporters. They are fighting for democracy. They are fighting for the rule of law.
chance chinese close government listen talk
I am really close to the Chinese government. And I have a chance to talk to them, listen to them.
fly public
If I were not a public figure, I wouldn't fly with Thai,
allow behind cannot difference elite forever hand observe reconcile scene scenes stay time
If you cannot reconcile the difference between the elite that stay behind the scene and the right of the people, that's going to be forever chaos. It's time to compromise, to allow more democracy. Those who are stay behind the scenes must hand off and observe the law.