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Suu Kyi Ally Sworn in as Myanmar President Ahead of Transfer
- Htin Kyaw becomes first civilian elected leader in decades
- Suu Kyi to head four ministries including foreign affairs
Htin Kyaw, second from the right, is sworn in.
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Myanmar’s parliament swore in a close ally of Aung San Suu Kyi to become the country’s first democratically elected civilian leader in more than a half-century, while the Nobel laureate was officially named foreign minister.
Htin Kyaw, a former classmate and longtime confidant of the National League for Democracy leader, took the oath of office Wednesday in Naypyidaw and his term will begin April 1. Suu Kyi, who is constitutionally barred from becoming president, was sworn in to head four ministries, though she has said she will lead the entire government.