President Htin Kyaw.
By Jurej Kralj.
15 March 2016, Naypyidaw: In a historic parliamentary election, bringing an end to decades military rule, the Hluttaw (Parliament) elected Htin Kyaw as the new (and most importantly first civilian since 1962) President of Myanmar. The election was the first consultation of the will of the voters since a poll organised in 1990, which was subsequently annulled and its presumed winners placed under arrest by the military junta.
Amongst the people arrested at the time was the National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi, barred from being a candidate for the position of president due to a constitutional provision many believe was put in place specifically to prevent her accession to office. The new president is expected to act as her proxy, since The Lady, as she’s referred to in Myanmar, has clearly affirmed that she will be above the president.
U Htin Kyaw is deemed as a confidant of Aung San Suu Kyi.
For more information:
President of Myanmar: www.president-office.gov.mm
Htin Kyaw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Htin_Kyaw
Mission of Myanmar to the Benelux countries and the EU (HE Ambassador Paw Lwin Sein):
http://www.embassyofmyanmar.be
Picture by Reuters.
