Economics
Suu Kyi Confidant Htin Kyaw Elected Myanmar’s Next President
- He will head first democratic government in half-century
- Suu Kyi barred from serving as president by constitution
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Myanmar’s parliament elected a close aide of Aung San Suu Kyi as the country’s next president, the first head of government to come from democratic elections in more than a half-century.
Htin Kyaw is a former classmate and longtime confidant of the National League for Democracy leader, who is constitutionally barred from serving as president herself. Suu Kyi will need someone in the post willing to allow her to pursue a plan to lead the government by being “above the president.”