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449:. Since joining Thai Rak Thai, however, Wang Nam Yen has largely been sidelined by Thaksin amid occasional squabbles with Sanoh. As a result, Sanoh has become one of Thaksin's most vocal critics in the Thai Rak Thai Party. Wang Nam Yen's electoral fortunes have also declined slightly since joining Thai Rak Thai at the expense of other factions, and as of February 2006, Sanoh commanded the loyalty of only 37 MPs. He and his wife resigned from the TRT in February 2006 to establish the 1877: 893: 862: 811: 2371: 40: 398:, who also served as Thai Rak Thai's Secretary-General. With the financial backing of Suriya, whose family controls the largest auto parts manufacturer in Thailand, some observers claimed that this faction had the resources to form a party in its own right. The group is said to include over 100 MPs, hailing from the 756:
turnout rules were met in favor of the TRT party and its partners. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and 110 members of the party were barred from participating in politics for a five-year period, with only eight of 119 charged acquitted. The remaining MPs and members of the party reorganized in the
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As an amalgam of several different parties, Thai Rak Thai politicians owed their allegiance to different factions. Precise figures on faction membership do not exist, but estimates of the numerical strength of the major factions are provided below. These numbers are based on the membership of the
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on 30 May 2007 by the order of the Constitutional Tribunal for violation of election laws. A few high-ranking party members were found to be directly involved in bribing several small parties into competing in constituencies that were bases of the former opposition parties to ensure that minimum
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Several former MPs believed the party would be dissolved by the junta, including former Khon Kaen MP Prajak Kaewklaharn. However, former Udon Thani MP Thirachai Saenkaew, called for the junta to allow Thaksin to contest the next election, claiming that TRT supporters wanted Thaksin to return to
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Former Sakon Nakhon MP Chalermchai Ulankul said that although he and others might be unemployed for about a year, his faction was "firm" and preparing to run in the election next year. "As long as the Thai Rak Thai Party is not dissolved, we can't say we will move to be under any other party.
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Thailand. Rather than start a political party of his own, however, Sanoh preferred to play the role of kingmaker by shifting his group from party to party. With the collapse in 1992 of the pro-military government, which Sanoh supported, the faction moved to the
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of 1997, with promises of a strong economic recovery. The party also reached out to rural villages, and struggling businesses. Thai Rak Thai's policies included a 30 baht per hospital visit scheme, an extended debt moratorium for farmers, one million baht
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forced Thaksin to remain in exile, the party was dissolved on 30 May 2007 by the Constitutional Tribunal for violation of electoral laws, with 111 former party members banned from participating in politics for five years.
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Many party members were reported to have dropped their party membership in the aftermath of the coup. These included Somsak Thepsuthin and 100 members of the Wang Nam Yom faction. It was not clear whether
1999: 1646: 352:, TRT won 61.6 percent of the vote and 460 out of 500 seats, many without any opposition, and the rest remaining vacant because the election was boycotted by opposition parties in the 1676: 562:, probably one of the most popular members of Thai Rak Thai and at the time was considered to be one of Thaksin's right hand men. It had a solid base in Newin's home province of 445:, which won the 1996 elections. However, with New Aspiration's star waning after it was forced out of power in 1997, Sanoh decided to cast his lot with Thai Rak Thai before the 733:
On 2 October 2006, Thaksin Shinawatra and his former deputy, Somkid Jatusripitak, resigned from the Thai Rak Thai Party, in all probability ending it as a political force.
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With Thaksin and key party executives either abroad or arrested, the reaction of TRT party members was muted and disorganized. In Thaksin's absence,
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Several party executives remaining in Thailand were arrested and detained by the junta. Deputy Prime Minister in charge of national security
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led by Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai. Forty percent of elected MPs were freshmen. Thai Rak Thai was able to negotiate a merger with the
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The Thai Rak Thai Party was the first political party in Thailand to have been represented by more than half of the members of the
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and former Social Development and Human Security Minister Watana Muangsook were reported to be in Thailand and free.
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was also arrested. Natural Resources and Environmental Minister Yongyuth Tiyapairat and Deputy Agriculture Minister
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On the evening of 19 September 2006, the Thai military seized control of Bangkok to take over the government.
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Hicken, Allen (December 12, 2006). "Party Fabrication: Constitutional Reform and the Rise of Thai Rak Thai".
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were in Thailand and were immediately arrested and detained by the junta. Secretary-General to the Premier
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which won 96 seats. After the election, Thailand's first single party government was successfully formed.
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Somchai Phatharathananuntha (2008). "The Thai Rak Thai party and elections in North-eastern Thailand".
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were ordered to report to the junta by 21 September. Both reported as ordered and were detained.
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platform, appealing to indebted farmers, who had become indebted as a result of the
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was attending the Thai-France Cultural Exhibition in Paris with Foreign Minister
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Thai Rak Thai was registered on 15 July 1998, by telecommunications entrepreneur
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founded in 1998. From 2001 to 2006, it was the ruling party under its founder,
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Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
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Hassarungsee, Ranee; Tulaphan, Poonsap S.; Kardkarnklai, Yuwadee.
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that ousted Thaksin's government in September 2006. The party was
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to join Thai Rak Thai. Sontaya's father is the infamous
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was in Singapore attending the annual meeting of the
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Markou, Grigoris; Lasote, Phanuwat (June 26, 2015).
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Index


Leader
Thaksin Shinawatra
Chaturon Chaisang
Spokesperson
Sita Tiwaree
Thaksin Shinawatra
People's Power Party
Ideology
Neo-nationalism
Populism
Reformism
Neoliberalism
Political position
Centre-right
right-wing
Red
Dark blue
Politics of Thailand
Political parties
Elections
Thai
RTGS
[pʰáktʰajráktʰaj]
Thai political party
Prime Minister
Thaksin Shinawatra
military coup
Thaksin Shinawatra
Somkid Jatusripitak

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