The country’s former prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been appointed to the Privy Council, a small body of advisors to the powerful King Maha Vajiralongkorn, the Royal Gazette has announced.
The former general, a long-running fixture in Thai politics, took power in a 2014 coup but lost the 2023 general election after heading up the United Thai Nation (UTN) party.
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