Myanmar’s junta leader Min Aung Hlaing was inaugurated as president on April 10 after shedding his military uniform and handing control of the military to a hand-picked successor following a highly criticized 2025-2026 election.

In this video we explain the strategy behind Min Aung Hlaing's transition from military leader to "civilian" president five years after leading the coup that ousted the National League for Democracy (NLD) government led by State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint, who have been held in detention by the junta since Feb. 1, 2021.

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