Prayut Chan-o-cha is a Thai politician, retired Royal Thai Army general officer and former head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO). As of August 2019 he serves as Prime Minister of Thailand, Thailand’s Defence Minister, and head of the Royal Thai Police. In addition, he assumed the duties of Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak as head of the government’s economic team and oversees the Justice Ministry’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI).