Myanmar clears path for junta leader to become president

Deutsche Welle · 🇩🇪 public Germany · Mar 30, 2026 · 265 words · By Elizabeth Schumacher

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Myanmar clears path for junta leader to become president March 30, 2026Myanmar's junta strongman Min Aung Hlaing took a step closer to becoming the country's civilian president on Monday after lawmakers nominated him for a three-way runoff largely seen as a…

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What happened

Why it matters

The 69-year-old general has ruled Myanmar since a 2021 coup that toppled the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

Common ground

Amid a period of armed internal conflict, Min Aung Hlaing has overseen severe repression against dissent, including criminalizing protest.

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Claim 1: “Amid a period of armed internal conflict, Min Aung Hlaing has overseen severe repression against dissent, including criminalizing protest”

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Claim 2: “Myanmar clears path for junta leader to become president”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Min Aung Hlaing (born 3 July 1956) is a Burmese army general who has ruled Myanmar under various titles since seizing power in 2021, and has led the Tatmadaw (armed forces) as Commander-in-Chief of De…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Aung_Hlaing

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်‌သမ္မတ, MLCTS: nuing ngam tau samma.ta.) is the head of state and constitutional head of government of Myanmar, which has a f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Myanmar

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The State Administration Council (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ; abbreviated SAC or နစက) was a military junta that governed Myanmar from 2021 to 2025, established by Commander-in-Chief o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Administration_Council

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Claim 3: “Lower house MP Kyaw Kyaw Htay nominated Min Aung Hlaing as the country's vice-president on Monday morning”

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Claim 4: “Myanmar's junta strongman Min Aung Hlaing took a step closer to becoming the country's civilian president on Monday after lawmakers nominated him for a three-way runoff largely seen as a formality”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Provisional Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် အိမ်စောင့်အစိုးရ), was a provisional government for Myanmar appointed by the State Admini…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_cabinet_of_Min_Aung_H…

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Claim 5: “In 2011, Myanmar's military leaders bowed to international pressure to release Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest and allowed her to take on a civilian leadership role following decades of military dictatorship”

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Claim 6: “Former spymaster Ye Win Oo, a close ally of Min Aung Hlaing, will replace him as military commander”

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Claim 7: “The 69-year-old general has ruled Myanmar since a 2021 coup that toppled the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Myanmar Army (Burmese: တပ်မတော်(ကြည်း); pronounced [taʔmədɔ̀ tɕí]) is the largest branch of the Tatmadaw, the armed forces of Myanmar, and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_Army

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Claim 8: “However, after her party defeated pro-military groups in 2020 elections, analysts believe Min Aung Hlaing grew unhappy about the army's waning influence and began to plot the coup”

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Claim 9: “A parliament-wide vote will now be held between him and two other candidates for the office of president”

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Claim 10: “This paved the way for landslide victories among pro-military parties in January's parliamentary election”

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