Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan juyin mulkin 19 ga Satumba 2006, ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban jam'iyyar Thai Rak Thai da aka hana shi iko da rarrabuwa har zuwa lokacin da kotun tsarin mulki ta tilasta masa rushewa a watan Mayun 2007. Ta hanyar hukuncin kotu an dakatar da shi daga ayyukan siyasa na shekaru biyar. A watan Yunin 2013 ya koma ofishin siyasa, ya sake zama Ministan Ilimi, a cikin majalisar ministocin Yingluck Shinawatra, yana wakiltar Jam'iyyar Pheu Thai. An sake cire shi daga mukaminsa ta hanyar
juyin mulkin soja a ranar 22 ga Mayu 2014.