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| Southeast Asia |
| Myanmar junta dissolved: state television |
| 2011-03-31 |
| [Straits Times] MYANMAR'S junta has been 'officially dissolved', according to state media, after the country swore in a new president on Wednesday. Referring to the junta's State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), television news, quoting an order signed by Than Shwe, ...The effective king of Burma. He has held positions within the military dictatorship since at least 1992 and has in the process managed to sideline or bump off all his rivals. Under his sway Burma has remained a xenophobic cultural and economic backwater. Than Shwe ranked No. 4 on Parade Magazine's World's Worst Dictatorslist of 2009... said 'since the next cabinet was sworn in, the SPDC has been officially dissolved'. The announcement came after an official said a new head of Myanmar's army attended the inauguration of Thein Sein as president, apparently indicating that the junta strongman had been replaced. General Min Aung Hlaing was present at the swearing-in as Commander in Chief of the country's army, a post held by Than Shwe until now, according to an official. |
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