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Prayut retiring from politics

Caretaker premier resigns from UTN, says he did his best in nine years in office

Caretaker Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha waves away reporters’ questions before chairing a cabinet meeting at Government House on June 13. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has announced his retirement from politics, nine years after he took power in a coup as army chief.

“From now on I want to quit politics, resigning as a member of the United Thai Nation Party,” he said in a statement released by the party on Tuesday.

Gen Prayut did not run in the May 14 election as a party-list MP but served as the chief adviser to the UTN and one of its two prime ministerial candidates. He will remain…

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