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Bad Dog

(2,025 posts) Tue Mar 15, 2016, 04:34 AM Mar 2016

Myanmar elects Htin Kyaw as first civilian president in decades

Source: BBC

Myanmar's parliament has elected Htin Kyaw as the country's next president, the first civilian leader after more than 50 years of military rule.

Htin Kyaw is a close ally of Aung San Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy (NLD) party swept to victory in historic elections in November.

He said his appointment was "Aung San Suu Kyi's victory".

Ms Suu Kyi is barred from the post by the constitution, but has said she will lead the country anyway.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35808921

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Myanmar elects Htin Kyaw as first civilian president in decades (Original Post) Bad Dog Mar 2016 OP

Aung San Suu Kyi. . .should be the most admired woman in the world. Feeling the Bern Mar 2016 #1

She certainly is tenacious. Bad Dog Mar 2016 #2

Never knew a darn thing about Burma or Myanmar mountain grammy Mar 2016 #3

Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)

1. Aung San Suu Kyi. . .should be the most admired woman in the world.

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Tue Mar 15, 2016, 05:03 AM

Mar 2016

One of my heroines in life.

Bad Dog

(2,025 posts)

2. She certainly is tenacious.

Reply to Feeling the Bern (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 05:23 AM

Mar 2016

She keeps going no matter what crap gets thrown at her.

mountain grammy

(26,598 posts)

3. Never knew a darn thing about Burma or Myanmar

Reply to Bad Dog (Original post)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 09:36 AM

Mar 2016

until I read "Saving Fish from Drowning" by Amy Tan. Wonderful book about a very troubled country. It opened my eyes to events we know so little about.

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