Pheu Thai Party

‘Better outcome than we had expected’: Thai PM Anutin’s election win has analysts upbeat

Julapun Amornvivat (above), Pheu Thai Party's MP for Chiang Mai,  is the son of veteran politician Sompong Amornvivat, who served as deputy prime minister and led Pheu Thai in 2019.

Thaksin’s Pheu Thai party elects Julapun as new leader

Some 33% of respondents said they support People’s Party, but Its leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut also saw endorsements from respondents slip to around 23% from 32%.

Reformist People’s Party still favourite as Thai elections loom: poll

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (centre) is escorted into a police van outside the Supreme Court in Bangkok after he was sentenced to a year in prison, Sep 9, 2025.

Thai ex-PM Thaksin begins first full day in prison

Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, Sep 9, 2025. Police would take Thaksin into custody, a Reuters reporter who attended the verdict said.

Thai court orders Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail 

Thaksin, the central figure in a tumultuous two-decade battle for power in Thailand, left on his private jet for Dubai late on Thursday, with his family’s ruling party Pheu Thai in disarray.

Thai parliament to vote on new PM, as Thaksin jets off amid chaos  

Pheu Thai secretary general Sorawong Thienthong told AFP that acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai (pictured) “has submitted a house dissolution decree”.

Thailand’s acting PM moves to dissolve parliament: party

The move comes just days after a court dismissed Paetongtarn Shinawatra due to an ethics violation.

Thailand's ruling Pheu Thai party moves to dissolve parliament

Parliament is due to hold a special session starting Wednesday and the secretary-general of the house told Reuters it could hold a vote on a new prime minister this week, if parties were ready to nominate a candidate.

Impasse in Thailand as big party stalls on deciding who to back for PM