Thailand's constitutional court has ordered Yingluck Shinawatra to step down as prime minister after finding her guilty of abusing her power.
The court on Wednesday ruled that Yingluck had abused her authority by transferring a senior civil servant in 2011 to another position. 
It said the transfer was carried out with a "hidden agenda" to benefit her politically powerful family.
The court also ruled that nine members of her cabinet were complicit in the abuse.
"Her prime minister status has ended. Yingluck can no longer stay in her position acting as caretaker prime minister," the presiding judge, Charoon Intachan, said in a televised ruling.
Niwatthamrong Boonsongphaisan, the the deputy prime minister, was named acting prime minister in place of Yingluck.
Thailand has had an acting government since Yingluck dissolved the lower house of parliament in December in a failed attempt to defuse six months of anti-government protests.
A planned election was disrupted and then annulled.
A new election is planned for July 20.
Source: Al Jazeera
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