Prayut Chan-o-cha is a retired Royal Thai Army officer who is the current Prime Minister of Thailand and head of the National Council for Peace and Order, a military junta that has the power to name the prime minister and control prime ministerial positions.
In September 2014, Time magazine reported that he had become "increasingly eccentric" and "highly superstitious" since taking power.[70] Prayut has stated publicly that he consults a fortune teller, Warin Buawiratlert, regularly.[71] He said there was no harm in seeking advice. When suffering from fever and aches early in his premiership, he blamed his ills on spells cast by his political enemies and combated the malady with holy water.[72]