Who is the next Myanmar president? Find Out!

Who is the next Myanmar president?

The next Myanmar president is Htin Kyaw.

When was Htin Kyaw elected as Myanmar's president?

Htin Kyaw was voted as the president in a joint meeting of the legislature christened Union Parliament.The retired bureaucrat from the National League for Democracy (NLD) won 360 out of the 652 votes cast.

What is the biography of Htin Kyaw?

Htin Kyaw is the second son the of the renowned Burmese Literary writer, poet, scholar and former Burmese professor Min Thu Wun, who was also an elected NLD Member of Parliament in 1990 elections from Kamayut Township, Yangon.  He passed away at the age of 95 in 2004.

Htin Kyaw is also the son-in-law of the late U Lwin, one of the founders of the NLD.

Writing under the pen name Dala Ban (named by his father after an ethnic Mon warrior of Myanmar’s past), U Htin Kyaw’s most famous book in Burmese is about the life of his father and titled: The Father’s Life: Glimpses of my Father (A Ba Bawa; A Ba Ah Kyaung; Te Se, Te Saung)

Kyaw was born July 20, 1946

1962  - Graduated high school from English Methodist High School. Aung San Suu Kyi attended the same high schol, but Kyaw was two years her junior. This Methodist missionary school later became known as Dagon High School #1 after the military dictator General Ne Win privatized all schools after his coup in 1962.)

1962-63 – Kyaw entered Rangoon University, majoring in Arts.

1963-68 – Kyaw attended the Institute of Economics and obtained his M. Econ (Statistics). He also taught as a tutor while attending his M. Econ (Pt. 2).

1970 –   Kyaw joined the Universities’ Computer Center as a Programmer Analyst.

1971-72 – Kyaw attended Institute of Computer Science University, London.

1973 – He married Daw Su Su Lwin, (currently chair of the Foreign Relations Committee in the lower house and a NLD MP from Thongwa Township)

1974 - He attended Computer Studies in Asia Electronics Union, Tokyo, Japan.

1974-75 – He obtained M. Sc Computer Science from Rangoon University.

1975-80 – Deputy Division Chief, Heavy Industries  Corporation,  #2 Industrial Ministry

1980-92 – Deputy Director, FERD, (Foreign Economic Relations Dept, Planning and Treasury Ministry)

1987 – Attended a course at Arthur D. Little School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1992 – Resigned from Deputy Director post

2000 – A long-time and trusted close aide of Aung San Suu Kyi, Htin Kyaw was arrested on Sept 22, 2000 and spent four months in Insein prison. He was detained together with nine activists at the Rangoon railway station while helping Suu Kyi, who planned to make a trip to Mandalay at that time.

2012- to present – Executive Committee member of Daw Khin Kyi Foundation (Voice of America News).

How did Htin Kyaw emerged the favourite candidate?

It is believed that he emerged from obscurity. He was not even a member of the NLD. His fortune is traceable to his agelong friendship with Aung San Suu Kyi, the NLD leader.

What was Aung San Suu Kyi's reaction to the election?

Aung San Suu Kyi made no comment to reporters on her way in or out of the chamber. He was however quoted elsewhere that he woul

d retain ultimate power over her handpicked president, whom she has known since primary school.

What is the reaction of the opposition, Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), to the election won by NLD in Burma also known as Myanmar?

The opposition declared that they would work together with NLD for the betterment of the country.