Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted fugitive former prime minister of Thailand, returned to the country Tuesday for the first time after more than 15 years in self-exile, reintroducing a towering and divisive figure at a time when the kingdom’s often fraught political scene is in a fresh state of flux.
Thaksin, the head of a famed political dynasty and a former owner of Manchester City Football Club, was prime minister from 2001 until he was ousted in a military coup in 2006 while in New York attending a UN meeting. He returned to Thailand briefly before fleeing the country in 2008 over a corruption conviction and could face up to 10 years in prison upon his arrival. Thaksin, 74, arrived at Bangkok’s Don Mueang International Airport by private jet at 9 a.m. local time.
A survey by the National Institute of Development Administration found about 64% of 1,310 respondents disagreed or totally disagreed with the idea of the Pheu Thai party forming a “special government” with military-backed rivals, according to Reuters. Who is Thaksin Shinawatra? It is into the febrile political atmosphere that Thaksin’s return now adds a further layer of the unknown. A telecommunications billionaire, Thaksin rose to power after a landslide election win in 2001.
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