Myanmar junta leader nominated for presidential vote by MP
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Myanmar's military leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing participates in a parade commemorating the 81st Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer
March 30 (Reuters) - Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was nominated by a lawmaker on Monday for a parliamentary vote that will select the new president of the war-torn Southeast Asian nation, as the powerful veteran general seeks a political role.
Min Aung Hlaing, who currently also serves as Myanmar's military chief, was one of two people named as vice-presidential candidates by lawmakers from the country's newly-convened lower house of parliament.
The country's upper house will nominate another vice-presidential candidate, with a president selected from the three in a subsequent bicameral vote, the date of which has not been announced.
The move comes after a controversial election held amid raging conflict in December and January, won by the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party but widely derided as a sham by the United Nations and many Western countries.
(Reporting by Reuters staff; Writing by Devjyot Ghoshal; Editing by John Mair and David Stanway)
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