The Pheu Thai Party is a major Thai political party and is the third incarnation of a Thai political party founded by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. It is the current majority ruling party of Thailand, ruling along with other parties in a coalition.
Loudspeaker car for Pheu Thai Party, with Paethongtarn Shinawatra as prime minister candidate, 2023
Image: Yingluck Shinawatra at US Embassy, Bangkok, July 2011
Image: PM Srettha Thavisin 2023 (cropped)
Thaksin Shinawatra is a Thai businessman and politician. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, and was the Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006.
Thaksin in 2005
Thaksin meeting Donald Evans in December 2001
U.S. President George W. Bush meets with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand in the Oval Office Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Thaksin in a meeting with the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, in October 2003