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Myanmar coup leader Min Aung Hlaing elected president

Deutsche Welle · · 335 words · By Richard Connor
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“Myanmar coup leader Min Aung Hlaing elected president”
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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…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Min Aung Hlaing (born 3 July 1956) is a Burmese politician, retired army general, and the president-elect of Myanmar, having ruled the country under various titles since seizing power in the 2021 coup…
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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…
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“Lawmakers in Myanmar on Friday elected former junta leader, General Min Aung Hlaing, as president after a parliamentary vote”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmad…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — General elections were held in Myanmar for elected seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw and the Pyithu Hluttaw of the Assembly of the Union in three phases, beginning on 28 December 2025 and concluding on 25 …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aung San Suu Kyi (born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat and author who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the gen…
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“The move follows elections in December and January that were widely criticized by the United Nations and Western governments as a sham designed to legitimize continued military rule”
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“Min Aung Hlaing stepped down as commander-in-chief earlier this week to run in the vote and secured the required majority in parliament”
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“The military-aligned Union Solidarity and Development Party won more than 80% of seats”
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“Min Aung Hlaing has been Myanmar's de facto leader since the 2021 coup, when the military ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. She was later sentenced to 27 years in prison in proceedings widely condemned by rights groups”
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“Min Aung Hlaing handed command of the armed forces to Ye Win Oo, a close ally known as the military chief's 'eyes and ears,' earlier this week”
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“Myanmar has remained gripped by civil war since the coup, with nearly 93,000 people killed and more than 3.6 million displaced”
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“Analysts have said the transition marks a technical shift from military to formal presidential rule, rather than a substantive change in power”
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“The former military leader has dominated the country's politics in recent years. He is from the Dawei ethnic group, often considered part of Myanmar's broader Burmese majority but with its own cultural identity”
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“He studied law before eventually entering officer training school on his third attempt, beginning a long military career”
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“He has been widely condemned internationally for his role in the 2017 military crackdown on the Rohingya minority, which forced around 750,000 people to flee to Bangladesh”
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“In 2021, he led the coup that overthrew the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, triggering a nationwide conflict that continues today”
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