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MYANMAR JUNTA CHIEF MIN AUNG HLAING ELECTED PRESIDENT BY PRO-MILITARY PARLIAMENT

  • NEWS Desk Global
  • 3 days ago
  • 1 min read

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was elected president on Friday after breezing through a parliamentary vote, formalising his grip on political power ‌in the war-torn nation five years after he ousted an elected government in a coup.

His carefully choreographed journey from top general to civilian president follows a lopsided election in December and January that was won in a landslide by an army-backed party and derided by critics and Western governments as a sham to perpetuate military rule behind a veneer of democracy.

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