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Prayuth Chan-ocha

His Excellency
Prayut Chan-o-cha
ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา

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Vladimir Putin meeting Prayut Chan-o-cha (2016-05-19)-02 cropped1.jpg
29th Prime Minister of Thailand
Assumed office
22 May 2014
Acting: 22 May 2014 – 24 August 2014
Monarch Bhumibol Adulyadej
Vajiralongkorn
Preceded by Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan (Acting)
Head of the National Council for Peace and Order
Assumed office
22 May 2014
Monarch Bhumibol Adulyadej
Vajiralongkorn
Preceded by Position established
Commander in Chief of the Royal Thai Army
In office
1 October 2010 – 30 September 2014
Preceded by Anupong Paochinda
Succeeded by Udomdej Sitabutr
Personal details
Born (1954-03-21) 21 March 1954 (age 62)
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Political party Independent
Spouse(s) Naraporn Chan-o-cha
Children 2
Alma mater National Defence College
Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy
Religion Theravada Buddhism
Signature
Military service
Allegiance  Thailand
Service/branch Royal Thai Army
Years of service 1972–2014
Rank Thai army O9.png General
Commands Commander-in-Chief
Prime Minister of Thailand
in 2010s
Abhisit royal.jpg Abhisit Vejjajiva
(2008-2011)
9153ri-Yingluck Shinawatra.jpg Yingluck Shinawatra
(2011-2014)
Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan at Ministerial Conference 2013 crop.jpg Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan
(2014, Acting)
General Prayut Chan-o-cha (cropped).jpg Prayut Chan-o-cha
(2014-present)

Prayut Chan-o-cha (previously spelt Prayuth Chan-ocha; Thai: ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา; rtgsPrayut Chan-ocha; IPA[prà.jút tɕān.ʔōː.tɕʰāː]; born 21 March 1954) is a retired Royal Thai Army officer who is the head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), a military junta, and concurrently serves as the Prime Minister of Thailand. The council which he appointed himself along with other junta members has the power to name the prime minister and control prime ministerial positions.

Prayut is a former Commander in Chief of the Royal Thai Army, the post he held from October 2010 to October 2014. After his appointment as army chief, Prayut was characterised as a strong royalist and an opponent of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Considered a hardliner within the military, he was one of the leading proponents of military crackdowns on the Red Shirt demonstrations of April 2009 and April–May 2010. He later sought to moderate his profile, talking to relatives of protesters who were killed in the bloody conflict, and co-operating with the government of Yingluck Shinawatra who won parliamentary election in July 2011.


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