Myanmar: Former speaker Win Myint elected president
Lawmakers choose former lower house speaker and Aung San Suu Kyi ally as president
Win Myint, lower house speaker, at parliament in Myanmar
By Kyaw Ye Lynn
YANGON, Myanmar
Former House Speaker Win Myint was elected Myanmar president on Wednesday following the resignation of Htin Kyaw.
Win Myint, 66, had stepped down the powerful speaker position at the Lower House to become vice president soon after Htin Kyaw -- the first civilian president in more than half a century -- resigned last week.
On Wednesday, lawmakers selected Win Myint, reportedly an ally of State
He won a seat in a general election in 1990 in NLD landslide victory that was later nullified by the military.
Parliament last week also elected former militia leader and deputy speaker Tin Khun Myat, who, according to certain local media outlets, was considered a drug lord in the country’s restive Shan state, to replace Win Myint.
