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🇹🇭 Thailand
Constitutional monarchy with a fragile parliamentary democracy
SystemConstitutional monarchy with a fragile parliamentary democracy
Head of stateKing Maha Vajiralongkorn (Rama X)
Head of governmentPrime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (Bhumjaithai Party)
LegislatureNational Assembly · a 500-seat House of Representatives and a 200-member Senate chosen by professional-group ballot
ElectionsCompetitive elections whose outcomes courts and unelected institutions have repeatedly overturned
Last election2026-02-08 · general election held with a constitutional referendum, returning a Bhumjaithai-led government
Next election2030 · general election due
The reformist Move Forward Party won the 2023 election but was blocked from power and dissolved, and two Pheu Thai prime ministers were removed by court rulings before Anutin took office in 2025 and won the February 2026 vote, which also endorsed replacing the military-era constitution. The monarchy is shielded by one of the world's strictest lese-majeste laws. A 2025 border conflict with Cambodia and the Shinawatra family's legal downfall reshaped the political landscape.
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