Thai Businesspeople - Thaksin Shinawatra, Sondhi Limthongkul, Tan Kim Ching, Chuwit Kamolvisit, Lursakdi Sampatisiri, William Heinecke (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Thaksin Shinawatra, Sondhi Limthongkul, Tan Kim Ching, Chuwit Kamolvisit, Lursakdi Sampatisiri, William Heinecke, Krit Ratanarak, Nai Lert, Lek Nana, Chin Sophonpanich, Teng Bunma, Sakorn Suksriwong, Chartsiri Sophonpanich, Piyasvasti Amranand, Chachchon Ratanarak, Tarisa Watanagase, Boonpong Sirivejjabhandu, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Chumpol NaLamlieng, Keeree Kanjanapas, Nishita Shah, Sailendra Dev Appanah, Charlie Sophonpanich, Lek Viriyaphant, Chatri Sophonpanich, Choti Lamsam, Kosit Panpiemras. Excerpt: Thaksin Shinawatra (Thai: , RTGS: Thaksin Chinnawat; pronounced; traditional Chinese: simplified Chinese: pinyin: Qi Dax n; born 26 July 1949) is a billionaire politician and businessman who was Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006, when he was deposed in a military coup. In 2008, Thaksin was found guilty in a Thai court of corruption and sentenced in absentia to two years imprisonment. As of today, he has yet to serve the sentence, and remains a fugitive. Thaksin briefly owned Manchester City Football Club from 2007 to 2008. Following a prolonged series of violent political protests in Bangkok from March to May 2010, in which 88 people died, the Thai courts issued a warrant for the arrest of Thaksin on terrorism charges. Thaksin entered politics in 1994 under Phalang Dharma Party, left the party with many of its MPs in 1996, in effect eviscerating it, and founded the populist Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party in 1998. After a historic election victory in 2001, he became prime minister, the country's first to serve a full term. Thaksin introduced a range of partly effective policies to alleviate rural poverty; highly popular, they helped reduce poverty by half in four years. He launched the country's first universal healthcare program, the 30-baht scheme, as well as a severely human-rights violating but also highl...