Thailand’s new king appoints a smaller council of advisers
BANGKOK — Thailand’s new King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun named an 11-member council of advisers on Tuesday, bringing in three new officials, including a former army chief and two representatives of the ruling junta.
The so-called Privy Council he named is smaller than the 16-member council of his father, the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died on Oct. 13. Vajiralongkorn took the throne on Dec. 1. An official statement said Vajiralongkorn retained seven members from the old council, as well as the privy council head, Prem Tinsulanonda.