
Caretaker Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Monday that if he is fortunate enough to again be premier after the general election he would want United Thai Nation Party (UTN) leader Pirapan Salirathavibhaga to succeed him when his eight-year limit as prime minister expires in 2025.
The Constitutional Court ruled on Sept 30, 2022 that Gen Prayut's tenure as prime minister began under the 2017 constitution on April 6, 2017, when the charter took effect, not when he led a military coup in 2014 and was shortly after declared prime minister.