Senior General Min Aung Hlaing Sworn In as Myanmar's President

Myanmar. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has officially taken the oath of office as the President of Myanmar. The swearing-in ceremony took place on Friday before the Speaker of the Union Parliament.

The ceremony was held during the sixth day of the first regular session of the third Union Parliament in the capital, Naypyidaw. During the session, U Myo Swe and Nan Ni Ni Aye also took the oath as Vice Presidents of the country.

Union-level officials, including the Chief Justice of the Union, judges of the Supreme Court of the Union, Union Ministers, the Union Attorney General, the Chairman of the Union Election Commission, the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Myanmar, and the Chairman and members of the Anti-Corruption Commission, also took their oaths before the Speaker.

Former Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Services, Min Aung Hlaing, was elected as the President of Myanmar by the Presidential Electoral College on April 3.