Myanmar's Suu Kyi Nominated for Cabinet Post in New Government
- Local media reports Suu Kyi will take foreign affairs post
- Suu Kyi is constitutionally barred from serving as president
Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Myanmar’s president-elect nominated Aung Sang Suu Kyi for at least one position in his incoming cabinet, indicating the Nobel peace laureate wants a formal role in the government she has pledged to lead.
Htin Kyaw included the National League for Democracy leader’s name on a list of 18 people he proposed for cabinet positions to parliament Tuesday, though the ministries they would head were not specified. Local media reported that Suu Kyi would take the foreign affairs, president’s office, energy and education portfolios.