Thaksin Shinawatra Current Affairs, GK & News
Thailand: Kings strips ex-PM Shinawatra of all decorations
King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand has stripped off the ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of all the royal decorations which had been awarded to him due to his conviction in corruption and the most inappropriate flight from the country. The royal gazette made the announcement in less than 7 days after Thailand had conducted its first ..
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Topics: Bhumibol Adulyadej • Chakri dynasty • Chivalric orders • Heads of state • Honorary Grand Commanders of the Order of the Defender of the Realm • Orders, decorations, and medals of Thailand • Potjaman Na Pombejra • Thai political crisis • Thaksin Shinawatra • Ubol Ratana • Vajiralongkorn
Thailand: Military-backed party takes lead in elections
Thailand’s Election Commission has shown that the military-backed Palang Pracharat Party has bagged 7 million votes in a preliminary series of results with about 90 percent ballots in a long-delayed polls in the country. The party which was linked to the former Prime Minister and an exiled tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra, Pheu Thai is behind by ..
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Topics: Abhisit Vejjajiva • Democrat Party • Elections in Thailand • Leaders • Palang Pracharath Party • Pheu Thai Party • Politics • Politics by country • Prayut Chan-o-cha • Thai general election • Thaksin Shinawatra
Thailand impeaches former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra
Thailand’s military-appointed legislature has voted to impeach former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. She was impeached for her role in overseeing a government rice subsidy program that lost billions of dollars. More than three-fifths i.e. 190 legislatures voted against Yingluck in the legislature of 220 members. It should be noted that, for this impeachment more than ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • Impeachment • Thailand • Thaksin Shinawatra • Yingluck Shinawatra