What is Thaksin Shinawatra?
{{update|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Thaksin Shinawatra |office = [[List of Prime Ministers of Thailand|23rd]] [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] |native_name = ทักษิณ ชินวัตร |image = Thaksin DOD 20050915 (crop).jpg |monarch = [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] |predecessor = [[Chuan Leekpai]] |successor = [[Sonthi Boonyaratglin]] (Leader of the 2006 ''coup d'etat'') |signature = ลายเซ็น ทักษิณ ชินวัตร ภาษาอังกฤษ.png |office2 = [[Prime Minister of Thailand#Deputy Prime Minister|Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand]] |primeminister2 = [[Banharn Silpa-archa]]<br>[[Chavalit Yongchaiyudh]] |party = [[Thai Rak Thai Party]] (1998–2006)<ref>{{cite news |title=Deposed Thai PM quits party role |publisher=CNN |date=3 October 2006 |url= http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/03/thailand.thaksin/}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1949|7|26}} |birth_place = [[San Kamphaeng District|San Kamphaeng]], [[Chiang Mai Province|Chiang Mai]], Thailand |nationality = Thai<br>[[Montenegro|Montenegrin]] (2009–present) |otherparty = [[Palang Dharma Party]] (1994–98) |spouse = [[Potjaman Na Pombejra]] (1976–2008)<ref>{{cite news |title=Thailand's deposed PM divorces wife |publisher=[[Channel NewsAsia]] |date=15 November 2008 |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/390047/1/.html |access-date=15 December 2008 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022065351/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/390047/1/.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> |children= [[Panthongtae Shinawatra]] <br> Pintongtha Shinawatra <br> Peathongtarn Shinawatra |residence= [[Dubai]], United Arab Emirates |alma_mater = [[Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School]]<br>[[Royal Thai Police|Royal Police Cadet Academy]]<br>[[Eastern Kentucky University]]<br>[[Sam Houston State University]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]]) |profession = Businessperson<br>Entrepreneur<br>Police Officer (1973–1987)<br>Politician<br>Visiting Professor<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/sp