Interview: Thaksin Shinawatra on Thailand
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Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister of Thailand, has been in self-imposed exile since his ouster a decade ago. After more than two years of public silence, he sat down with World Policy Journal and gave his candid thoughts on the current government, the region’s challenges, and what the future of Thailand could hold.
For one of the world’s most polarizing individuals, Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister of Thailand and a telecom billionaire, cuts an understated figure. The soft-spoken police officer left the force at the age of 38 and the company he founded to rent out computer equipment soon became the largest mobile phone operator in Thailand.