Min Aung Hlaing
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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
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Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also referred to as Burma, is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a
Min Aung Hlaing
…of Myanmar, leading the transition to a nominally civilian government. Min Aung Hlaing was born on 3 July 1956 in Minbu, Magway Region, Burma (now Myanmar), to Khin Hlaing and Hla Mu, as the fourth of five children. His parents were teachers from Dawei, in Tanintharyi Region. His family moved to Mandalay…
Pagodas and kyaungs in present-day Bagan, the capital of the Pagan Kingdom
Temples at Mrauk U
Portuguese ruler mounting an Elephant and his soldiers. Philips, Jan Caspar (draughtsman and engraver)
A British 1825 lithograph of Shwedagon Pagoda shows British occupation during the First Anglo-Burmese War.