Htin Kyaw profile

Htin Kyaw, a close aide of Aung San Suu Kyi, has been named as her party’s presidential candidate as the Nobel laureate looks to rule the formerly junta-run Myanmar through a trusted proxy

Htin Kyaw, 70, is member of Central Executive Committee of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD)

Son of national poet Min Thu Wun, who won seat for NLD in aborted 1990 election

Soft-spoken Oxford economics graduate has built reputation as man of honesty within NLD

Married to MP Su Su Lwin, daughter of NLD co-founder

Senior executive with Daw Khin Kyi Foundation – non-profit health and education charity named after Suu Kyi’s mother

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