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ARCHIVE: Yangon, Myanmar – 6 August 2017
1. Wide of members of a Myanmar government commission arriving for media briefing, with then-Vice President Myint Swe in middle
2. Phones
3. Mid of Myint Swe addressing media briefing
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ARCHIVE: Bangkok – 10 October 2016
4. Wide of media
5. Wide of Asia Cooperation Dialogue conference
6. Wide of then-Vice President Myint Swe representing Myanmar
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ARCHIVE: Yangon, Myanmar – 26 June 2015
7. Wide of seized narcotics being burned at annual event to mark World Drugs Day
8. Wide of Myint Swe, then Chief Minister of the Yangon region, walking in rain
8. Wide of Myint Swe being briefed at event
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ARCHIVE: Yangon, Myanmar – 4 June 2013
9. Various of Myint Swe, then Chief Minister for Yangon (wearing green clothing), on stage with Coca-Cola CEO, officially opening a bottling plant
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ARCHIVE: Yangon, Myanmar – 19 July 2017
10. Wide of soldiers playing trumpets at annual ceremony to honour assassinated national heroes
11. Wide of VIPs at ceremony
12. Mid of then military Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing
13. Wide of VIPs with Myint Swe in middle
STORYLINE:
Myint Swe, who became Myanmar’s acting president under controversial circumstances after the military seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi more than four years ago, died on Thursday, the military said. He was 74.
He died at a military hospital in the capital, Naypyitaw, on Thursday morning, according to a statement from Myanmar’s military information office.
Myint Swe’s death came more than a year after he stopped actively carrying out his presidential duties after he was publicly reported to be ailing.
His funeral will be held at the state level but the date has not been disclosed, a separate statement from the military information office said.
State media reported on Tuesday that he had been in critical condition and receiving intensive care since July 24 at a military hospital in Naypyitaw.
State media announced in July last year that Myint Swe was suffering from neurological disorders and peripheral neuropathy disease, which left him unable to carry out normal daily activities, including eating. A few days later, he authorized Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the military government, to assume his presidential duties while he was on medical leave, the reports said.
Myint Swe became acting president on Feb. 1, 2021, after the military arrested former President Win Myint along with Myanmar’s top leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, when the army seized power.
Myint Swe, a member of a pro-military party, took over the presidency under the constitution because he held the post of first vice president. Legal experts questioned the legitimacy of the move because Win Myint neither stepped down from his post nor was incapacitated.
As acting president, Myint Swe chaired the National Defense and Security Council, which is nominally a constitutional government body, but in practice is controlled by the military. The council operates as the country’s top decision-making body related to national security, with the authority to declare a state of emergency and oversee military and defense affairs.
Myint Swe’s appointment and acquiescence to the army’s demands allowed the council to be convened to declare a state of emergency and hand over power to Min Aung Hlaing, who led the army’s takeover.
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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