Thai PM Prayuth to run for re-election in May

FILE PHOTO: Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha was officially nominated for re-election on Saturday as his party's first candidate for the country's next leader in polls set for May 14.

Prayuth, 69, is running with the new United Thai Nation Party, and will likely face Pheu Thai party's Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter and niece of two former premiers from the billionaire family.