Myanmar’s acting president U Myint Swe dies at 74

Naypyidaw: Myanmar’s Acting President U Myint Swe died at the age of 74 in the capital Naypyidaw on Thursday morning, the National Defence and Security Council (NDSC) said.

A State funeral will be held for the Acting President, the NDSC said. U Myint Swe had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and other related neurological conditions. Due to his critical condition, he had been receiving intensive care at the Defence Services General Hospital in Naypyidaw since July, last year. The Acting President had been on a medical leave since then and transferred duties to Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.

U Myint Swe was born in 1951 in the Mandalay region. He attended the Defence Services Academy in 1971 and served in various military ranks in the Tatmadaw (Myanmar military). He retired from the Tatmadaw in 2010 with the rank of Lieutenant General, a Xinhua News Agency report added.

He also served as Yangon Region Chief Minister from 2011 to 2016. In March 2016, he was sworn in as the Vice-President of Myanmar. U Myint Swe became Acting President of the country on February 1, 2021 after then-President U Win Myint was detained in a military coup. (IANS)

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