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Prime Minister U Thein Sein wins Myanmar presidency
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February 4, 2011, Friday
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PRIME Minister U Thein Sein won the presidency of Myanmar in the presidential election among three designated vice presidents during the current session of the union parliament which continued in Nay Pyi Taw today, official sources said.
Dr. Sai Mauk Kham and Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo remain as the vice presidents.
All of the three represent the Union Solidarity and Development Party.
They were elected by the presidential electoral college comprising all the union parliament representatives.
The terms of office of the president and the vice presidents are five years, according to the state constitution.
U Thein Sein, 65, won the majority votes with 408 against Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo with 171 votes and Dr. Sai Mauk Kham with 75 votes respectively.
President-elect U Thein Sein is to form a new government.
U Thein Sein, USDP chairman, came from Nay Pyi Taw region's Zabuthiri constituency in the 2010 general election, while Dr. Sai Mauk Kham, from Shan state constituency-3 and Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo from Nay Pyi Taw region's Pobbathiri constituency.
U Thein Sein was nominated for presidential run by the group of house of representatives, while Dr. Sai Mauk Kham was nominated by the group of house of nationalities and Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo, first secretary of the State Peace and Development Council, was nominated by the group of military-nominated parliament representatives.
Dr. Sai Mauk Kham and Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo remain as the vice presidents.
All of the three represent the Union Solidarity and Development Party.
They were elected by the presidential electoral college comprising all the union parliament representatives.
The terms of office of the president and the vice presidents are five years, according to the state constitution.
U Thein Sein, 65, won the majority votes with 408 against Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo with 171 votes and Dr. Sai Mauk Kham with 75 votes respectively.
President-elect U Thein Sein is to form a new government.
U Thein Sein, USDP chairman, came from Nay Pyi Taw region's Zabuthiri constituency in the 2010 general election, while Dr. Sai Mauk Kham, from Shan state constituency-3 and Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo from Nay Pyi Taw region's Pobbathiri constituency.
U Thein Sein was nominated for presidential run by the group of house of representatives, while Dr. Sai Mauk Kham was nominated by the group of house of nationalities and Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo, first secretary of the State Peace and Development Council, was nominated by the group of military-nominated parliament representatives.
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