BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha announced on Tuesday 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,” his party said in a statement. Prayuth will remain caretaker premier until a new government is formed.
(Reporting by Reuters Staff; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor)
