Naypyidaw, Myanmar : Htin Kyaw, newly elected president of Myanmar and member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, leaves after a parliament session in Naypyidaw on March 15, 2016. Myanmar’s lawmakers on March 15 elected Htin Kyaw, a close aide and longtime friend of Aung San Suu Kyi (left) to become the country’s first civilian president in decades, a historic moment for the formerly junta-run nation. AFP PHOTO
Naypyidaw, Myanmar : Htin Kyaw, newly elected president of Myanmar and member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, leaves after a parliament session in Naypyidaw on March 15, 2016. Myanmar’s lawmakers on March 15 elected Htin Kyaw, a close aide and longtime friend of Aung San Suu Kyi (left) to become the country’s first civilian president in decades, a historic moment for the formerly junta-run nation. AFP PHOTO

NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s lawmakers Tuesday elected a close aide and longtime friend of Aung San Suu Kyi to become the country’s first civilian president in decades, a historic moment for the formerly junta-run nation.

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