US EditionMyanmar Junta Chief Min Aung Hlaing Ascends to Presidency Five Years After Coup Against Suu Kyi’s Government
The vote cements his control after a disputed election and a 2021 coup that helped trigger nationwide armed resistance, critics said.
- Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing won a parliamentary vote on Friday to become the country's president, five years after he ousted an elected government.
- Min Aung Hlaing's ascent to the presidency followed a major reshuffle in the leadership of Myanmar's armed forces, which he had led since 2011.
- The transition from top general to civilian president follows a lopsided election won by an army-backed party, derided by critics and Western governments as a sham to perpetuate military rule.
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This time in civilian costume, Min Aung Hlaing, who had overthrown the government of Aung San Suu Kyi won the vote of the parliamentThe head of the Burmese junta, Min Aung Hlaing, was unsurprisingly appointed president on Friday following an international contested electoral process, which allowed him to extend his grip on the country, in a civil suit.The result of the vote of the parliament, largely acquired in his cause, was no doubt: Min Aung…
With this, Min Aung Hlaing's iron grip on power has now also been formally ratified after five years.
Head of Myanmar's ruling junta who led coup against Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi becomes president
The army general, who led the country since a 2021 coup against the elected government of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ms Suu Kyi, consolidated his power as head of a civilian regime.
Min Aung Hlaing, 69, a decades-old veteran of the Tatmadaw, the armed force that has ruled directly or indirectly for decades, is a man of fierce discipline and expansive ambitions Read
Myanmar coup leader Min Aung Hlaing elected president
Myanmar's parliament has elected junta chief Min Aung Hlaing as president of the Southeast Asian country. He has effectively led Myanmar since the 2021 coup that ousted the democratic government led by Aung San Suu Kyi.
In Myanmar, the parliament elected the military junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, who had been in power for years. He had led a coup in 2021. Since then, civil war has been taking place in the country. By Florian Bahrdt.
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