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Chiang Mai. Born into a wealthy merchant family, he went into the Thai police service in and continued his criminal-justice education in the United States. He rose to the rank of police lieutenant colonel by , when he retired.

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He had started a computer business with his wife, and after leaving the police force grew his business interests into a major telecommunications company. One of Thailand's wealthiest persons, he entered politics and served as foreign minister —95 and deputy prime minister —96, Thaksin became prime minister of a three-party coalition government and avoided a five-year banning from politics later that year when he was narrowly cleared of charges of not fully disclosing his assets during his second term as deputy prime minister.

In he led his party to a landslide victory, becoming the first Thai prime minister to win two consecutive elections. An outspoken populist and nationalist, he favored policies designed to help farmers and small businesses and oversaw a period of economic growth.

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His tenure was marred, however, by charges of favoring family and friends with government jobs and by a antidrug campaign in which 2, were killed. Antigovernment demonstrations in —6 led him to call snap elections in Apr. The Thai military overthrew him in September while he was abroad; the king's displeasure with him was a contributing factor to the coup.

In Oct. Seven months later, he was banned from political office for five years by the constitutional court when it found that the TRT party had violated electoral laws; the party was ordered dissolved. In June, , the government moved to seize some of Thaksin's assets and ordered him to return to face corruption charges. He only returned, however, in Feb.