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Thai King appoints new Privy Council President

Thailand’s King Rama X has appointed General Surayud Chulanont as acting President of the Privy Council to replace General Prem Tinsulanonda who died aged 98 on May 26.
Thai King appoints new Privy Council President ảnh 1General Surayud Chulanont. (Source: bangkokpost.com)

Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’s King Rama X hasappointed General SurayudChulanont as acting President of the PrivyCouncil to replace General Prem Tinsulanonda who died aged 98 on May 26.

Surayud’s appointmentas acting president is effective as of May 27, according to the royal commandpublished in the Royal Gazette on May 28.


Surayud, 75, hadassumed the post of privy councillor on two occasions during the reign of KingRama IX.

He became Thailand’s24th PM from October 2006 to January 2008 after the September 2006 coup. Afterhis premiership, he was again reappointed to the Privy Council by King RamaIX. 

The general was alsopreviously an army chief and supreme commander.

The late Prem Tinsulanonda was first appointed as Privy Council Presidentin September 1998, and reappointed by HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn on December2, 2016. –VNA
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