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[[Image:Thaksin1.JPG|frame|Thaksin Shinawatra]]
'''Thaksin Shinawatra''' ('''ทักษิณ ชินวัตร''') (born [[July 26]], [[1949]]), [[Thailand|Thai]] politician, is the current [[List of Prime Ministers of Thailand|prime minister]] of [[Thailand]] and the leader of the populist [[Thai Rak Thai]] party. As head of the [[Shin Corporation]] which controls (among others) Thailand's largest mobile phone operator [[Advanced Info Service]], he is also reputedly the richest man in Thailand.
Thaksin was born in Sankamphaeng in [[Chiang Mai province]]. He graduated from the Thai Police Cadet Academy and joined the [[Royal Thai Police Department]] in [[1973]], but went on to obtain a doctorate in criminal justice at [[Sam Houston State University]] in the [[United States]] in [[1978]]. After reaching the position of Deputy Superintendent of the Policy and Planning Sub-division, General Staff Division, Metropolitan Police Bureau, Thaksin quit the police to form the [[Shinawatra Computer and Communications Group]] in [[1987]]. One of the group's members, [[Shinawatra Paging]], is now Thailand's largest mobile phone operator [[Advanced Info Service|AIS]]. In [[1990]], Thaksin made a daring but successful bid for a 20-billion baht, 20-year concession to operate the Thaicom Satellite.
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