Indeed, Prayut led the country’s most recent coup, in 2014, which removed Thaksin’s sister Yingluck Shinawatra from power.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/02/prayut-closes-the-gap-in-preferred-choice-for-thailands-next-pm/

Thailand has been ruled by its military leaders since 2014, when Prayuth Chan-ocha, then-army chief, overthrew Yingluck Shinawatra’s government in a coup.

Source: https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/05/thailands-opposition-prepares-for-office-despite-military-resistance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thailands-opposition-prepares-for-office-despite-military-resistance

The Shinawatra family’s bitter tussle with the royalist-military establishment has been at the heart of the drama, with Thaksin ousted in a 2006 putsch and his sister Yingluck unseated by Prayut in 2014.

Source: https://www.theborneopost.com/2023/05/14/thailand-votes-but-will-the-military-listen/