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Myanmar’s Parliament Elects Min Aung Hlaing President

The appointment signals tighter junta control rooted in an election the United Nations condemned as undemocratic.

Myanmars Präsident Min Aung Hlaing
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing aus Myanmar ist neuer Präsident des Landes
In Myanmar hat das Parlament den seit Jahren faktisch regierenden Militärjunta-Chef Min Aung Hlaing zum Präsidenten gewählt. Der 69-Jährige erhielt mindestens 293 der 584 Stimmen der Abgeordneten und damit die erforderliche Mehrheit, wie eine Zählung von AFP-Journalisten ergab. 

Overview

  • Lawmakers chose the former junta chief with 429 of 584 votes, according to parliamentary speaker Aung Lin Dwe.
  • To meet constitutional rules for the office, Min Aung Hlaing resigned as commander-in-chief and named intelligence chief General Ye Win Oo to lead the military.
  • The vote followed parliamentary elections that allowed only military-aligned parties, which the United Nations labeled undemocratic.
  • Military-backed parties hold an overwhelming majority in the new legislature, making his elevation all but assured.
  • Myanmar remains in a grinding civil war with severe shortages of food, medicine, and fuel, nearly 93,000 people reported killed, more than three million displaced, and Aung San Suu Kyi still imprisoned on a 27-year sentence.