Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul likely to keep top job after Sunday’s electionPOLITICAL CLIMATE: The Shinawatras’ grip on power is faltering, while a wave of nationalism from a border conflict has bolstered support for BhumjaithaiAFP, BANGKOKThai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is widely expected to remain the country’s head after this weekend’s general election, regardless of the result. “So it is clearly democratic.”Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul greets people while campaigning in Bangkok on Jan. 20 ahead of the general election. Its most likely partner is probable third-placed Pheu Thai, the party of the Shinawatra clan, which has dominated politics for two decades, although founder and former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is now in prison. His father was acting prime minister during a 2008 political crisis and went on to spend three years as interior minister. Anutin joined Thaksin’s party, then named Thai Rak Thai, in his early 30s and was banned from political activity for five years when it was dissolved in 2007.

Source: Taipei Times February 05, 2026 18:09 UTC