Thai airports operator Airports of Thailand (AOT) is again searching for a new president, following the resignation of incumbent Chana U-sathaporn.
AOT says in a statement to the Stock Exchange of Thailand that Chana’s resignation will take effect from 5 August. It says he resigned for health reasons, although local media reports quote sources as saying he resigned due to political pressure.
The publicly traded, government-controlled operator of the country’s major airports says Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport general manager Serirat Prasutanond will be acting president until a new president is appointed.
Chana was named AOT’s president in September last year, replacing Chotisak Asapaviriya who had resigned months earlier amid troubles at Suvarnabhumi Airport`.
A long-serving Thai Air Force official, Chana became president just months before an elected government took power in Thailand to replace a government that was appointed by the military following a coup in 2006.
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