The year 2022 is reckoned as year 2565 in the Buddhist Era. The year was marked by anticipated APEC meetings, the first Bangkok governor election after the 2014 coup, and raising inflation following COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
24 August – Prayut Chan-o-cha was suspended from prime ministerial duties by the Constitutional Court of Thailand while it considered legal challenges on his term limit.[10]
30 September – The Constitutional Court ruled that the eight-year term limit for Prayut's premiership dates from the promulgation of the 2017 constitution and not his assumption of the position after the 2014 coup.[11]