Jam'iyyar Thaksin ta Thai Rak Thai ta hau kan karagar mulki ne ta hanyar babban zabe a shekara ta 2001, inda ta samu rinjaye kusan a majalisar wakilai.A matsayinsa na firaministan kasar, Thaksin ya kaddamar da wani dandali na tsare-tsare, wanda aka fi sani da "Thaksinomics", wanda ya mayar da hankali kan inganta amfanin cikin gida da samar da jari musamman ga mazauna karkara.Ta hanyar cika alkawuran zabuka, gami da manufofin jama'a irin su aikin Samfur Daya Tambon daya da kuma tsarin kula da lafiya na duniya na baht 30, gwamnatinsa ta samu amincewa sosai, musamman yadda tattalin arzikin kasar ya farfado daga illar rikicin kudi na Asiya a shekarar 1997.Thaksin ya zama firayim minista na farko da aka zaba ta hanyar dimokuradiyya da ya kammala wa'adin mulki na shekaru hudu, kuma Thai Rak Thai ya samu gagarumin rinjaye a babban zaben shekara ta 2005.^[77]Duk da haka, mulkin Thaksin shi ma ya sami sabani.Ya rungumi tsarin “Sarkin Shugabanci” mai iko wajen gudanar da mulki, daidaita madafun iko da kara shisshigi a cikin ayyukan hukuma.Yayin da kundin tsarin mulki na 1997 ya tanadi samar da kwanciyar hankali na gwamnati, Thaksin kuma ya yi amfani da tasirinsa wajen kawar da ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu da aka tsara don zama masu dubawa da daidaitawa ga gwamnati.Ya yi barazana ga masu suka tare da amfani da kafafen yada labarai wajen daukar sharhi mai kyau kawai.Haƙƙin ɗan adam gabaɗaya ya tabarbare, tare da "yaƙin ƙwayoyi" wanda ya haifar da kisan gilla fiye da 2,000.Thaksin ya mayar da martani ga tashe tashen hankula na Kudancin Thailand tare da hanyar da ta dace sosai, wanda ya haifar da ƙaruwar tashin hankali.^[78]Adawar jama'a ga gwamnatin Thaksin ta sami ci gaba sosai a cikin Janairu 2006, wanda ya haifar da siyar da hannun jarin dangin Thaksin a Shin Corporation ga Temasek Holdings.Wata kungiya da aka fi sani da People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) karkashin jagorancin hamshakin attajirin yada labarai Sondhi Limthongkul, ta fara gudanar da taruka na yau da kullun, tana zargin Thaksin da cin hanci da rashawa.Yayin da kasar ta fada cikin rikicin siyasa, Thaksin ya rusa majalisar wakilai, kuma an gudanar da babban zabe a watan Afrilu.Sai dai jam'iyyun adawa karkashin jam'iyyar Democrat sun kauracewa zaben.Jam'iyyar PAD ta ci gaba da zanga-zangar, kuma ko da yake Thai Rak Thai ne ya lashe zaben, kotun tsarin mulkin kasar ta soke sakamakon sakamakon sauya tsarin rumfunan zabe.An shirya sabon zabe a watan Oktoba, kuma Thaksin ya ci gaba da zama shugaban gwamnatin rikon kwarya yayin da kasar ke bikin murnar zagayowar lu'u-lu'u na sarki Bhumibol a ranar 9 ga Yuni 2006. ^[79]