Head of Myanmar’s ruling junta who led coup against Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi becomes president

The head of Myanmar’s ruling military junta, who overthrew the previous government five years ago, has been elected president after winning a parliamentary vote. Min Aung Hlaing comfortably passed the threshold needed to ⁠win Friday’s ballot, which was broadcast live, in a chamber dominated by the pro-military Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and members … The post Head of Myanmar’s ruling junta who led coup against Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi becomes president appeared first on Doonited News .