7 April 2016: Aung San Suu Kyi appointed new "State Counselor" of Myanmar
The National League for Democracy party leader and longtime democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi has been given a position in Myanmar's government - one that has been created especially for her. On Tuesday, Myanmar’s lower house of Parliament approved measures that will make Aung San Suu Kyi, who is minister of the President’s office and foreign minister, a "State Counselor". This is a way for her to effectively lead the country outside the Presidency. Parliament’s upper house had previously approved the measure. It now goes for the signature of Myanmar’s new President, Htin Kyaw, one of her close allies.
