Vice-President Myint Swe, a former general, would act as president until a new president is chosen within seven days, it said. Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi Suu Kyi: Power not presidency in Myanmar ...

Myint Swe, a former general who ran the powerful Yangon military command and the current vice president of Myanmar, will become acting president for the next year. In a statement read out on ...