Head of Myanmar’s ruling junta who led coup against Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi becomes president | World News
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, 69, who is a senior general, won 429 out of the 584 votes in Friday’s ballot, Aung Lin Dwe, speaker of both the upper and lower house, said….