Timeline of Thailand's political turmoil since 2005

Sept 2005: Sondhi Limthongkul, a former business associate of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, starts the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) street campaign to oust Thaksin.

April 2, 2006: Thaksin wins a snap election called to silence Sondhi. Opposition boycotts poll, court later nullifies result.

Sept 19: Military stages a coup while Thaksin is at the United Nations in New York. He flies into exile in London.