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Myanmar’s parliament elects ruling general Min Aung Hlaing as president, keeping army in charge

April 03, 2026 2:57 pm

The move marks a nominal return to an elected government but is widely considered to be an effort to keep the army in power after an election organized by the military that opponents and independent observers deemed neither free nor fair.

Myanmar's parliament elects Aung San Suu Kyi's aide Htin Kyaw as President

March 15, 2016 5:54 pm

Htin Kyaw, 69, won 360 of 652 votes cast by Myanmar's two legislative chambers, paving the way for him to serve as a proxy for the Nobel laureate who is constitutionally barred from becoming president.

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Myanmar: Parliament to select country's president on Tuesday

March 14, 2016 3:32 pm

The new president is to take office on April 1.

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Nobel laureate Suu Kyi's party nominates her former driver for Myanmar president

March 11, 2016 9:04 am

Suu Kyi has vowed to rule through a proxy president because she is barred from top office by the army-scripted constitution.

Aung San Suu Kyi unlikely to be Myanmar's president

March 09, 2016 11:32 am

The terms that Suu Kyi suggests will apply for the new president indicate that personal loyalty to her will be a key attribute of whoever is chosen. Suu Kyi has few strong-willed, charismatic colleagues in her party, anyway.