Min Aung Hlaing is a Burmese politician and retired military officer who has been the 11th president of Myanmar since April 2026, having ruled the country continuously since seizing power in February
Min Aung Hlaing in 2026
Min Aung Hlaing meeting with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on 29 July 2015
Min Aung Hlaing meeting with Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on 20 March 2017
Min Aung Hlaing meeting with Japanese prime minister Shinzō Abe in Tokyo, 4 August 2017
Protests in Myanmar, known locally as the Spring Revolution, began in early 2021 in opposition to the coup d'état on 1 February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the country's arme
2021 Myanmar Protest in Hleden
Anti coup protest near the University of Yangon
Three finger salute at a protest in Yangon, Myanmar
Human chain demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar