US EditionMyanmar Junta Chief Sworn in as President
More than two-thirds of the 30 ministers sworn in with him are retired or serving military members, underscoring the junta’s control.
- On Friday, Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was sworn in as president, continuing his rule from a civilian post five years after seizing power in a military coup.
- The general election was widely criticized, as voting occurred in only 42% of Myanmar's territory due to civil war, prompting the Asian Network for Free Elections to call the outcome engineered.
- More than two-thirds of the 30 new cabinet members, also sworn in Friday, are retired or serving military personnel, reflecting Min Aung Hlaing's control over key positions.
- Since the 2021 takeover, nearly 8,000 civilians have died in the ongoing civil war and some 22,208 political detainees remain jailed, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.
- Min Aung Hlaing said his government will "work to restore normal relations" with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and "grant appropriate amnesties to support social reconciliation, justice and peace.
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The head of the Burmese junta, Min Aung Hlaing, was sworn in as President on Friday April 10th, five years after a coup d'état that plunged the country into civil war. Then head of the armed forces, Min Aung Hlaing overthrew in 2021 the elected government of the Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who has since been imprisoned.
Ex-military chief Min Aung Hlaing sworn in as Myanmar president
Former military chief Min Aung Hlaing was sworn in as Myanmar's president Friday, completing a carefully crafted transition from junta rule to a military-led civilian government, more than five years after he seized power in a 2021 coup.
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Myanmar military chief who led 2021 army takeover takes presidency after criticized election
BANGKOK (AP) — Min Aung Hlaing, who as Myanmar ’s military commander had led the Southeast Asian nation with an iron fist since seizing power from Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in 2021, was sworn in as an elected…
Today approved an executive however dominated by the military after the elections judged a farce by the international community. But while General Min Aung will strengthen his power by changing only dress, the opposition in exile and the ethnic groups fighting on the ground join in a common political structure.
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