Min Aung Hlaing, who has resigned from the armed forces, is set to get approval from the military-allied parliament to become president
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenMaria SiowPublished: 5:05pm, 1 Apr 2026The Myanmar junta’s attempts to place its top man in the country’s highest civilian position have been described by analysts as a “constitutional repackaging of continued military rule”.On Monday, Min Aung Hlaing, who leads the military junta after seizing power in a 2021 coup, resigned from the armed forces, moving a step closer to becoming president. He stepped down after Myanmar’s parliament cleared the way for his nomination.He handed over the role of commander-in-chief of the armed forces to Ye Win Oo, a staunch loyalist, who was promoted to chief of the army on the same day.
Apart from the military, which occupies a constitutionally mandated 25 per cent of seats, parliament is operated by a coalition of parties loyal to the military. Together with its allies, the military controls nearly 90 per cent of seats across the bicameral body.
