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🇲🇲Min Aung Hlaing Sworn In as Myanmar President Former military chief Min Aung Hlaing was sworn in as president of Myanmar on April 10, completing a transition from junta rule to a military-led civilian government more than five years after he seized power in a 2021 coup. He received 429 of 586 parliamentary votes on April 3, with the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party and military appointees holding roughly 86 percent of seats. Min Aung Hlaing stepped down as commander-in-chief on March 30 to comply with the 2008 Constitution, which bars serving military officers from the presidency. He handed command of the armed forces to Gen. Ye Win Oo, the former military intelligence chief who organized the arrests during the February 2021 coup. A 30-member Cabinet, composed predominantly of active or former senior military officers, was formed and approved by parliament on inauguration day. China, Russia, Cambodia, and Thailand offered congratulations following Min Aung Hlaing's election. Western nations and Myanmar's opposition forces dismissed the transition as a means of legitimizing permanent military rule. Aung San Suu Kyi remains in detention and her National League for Democracy party has been dissolved. #Myanmar @asianomics