Myanmar is de jure a unitary assembly-independent republic under its 2008 constitution, though it has been under military rule since the 2021 coup. A President serves as head of state and a Prime Minister as head of government, and the bicameral Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, comprising the Pyithu Hluttaw and the Amyotha Hluttaw, is the country's legislature, dissolved since the takeover. Myanmar's capital is Naypyidaw.
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Source Min Aung Hlaing (Wikipedia)
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1. Freedom House: Myanmar (Freedom in the World 2025)
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Military commanders seized control of Myanmar's government in February 2021, ending a period of power sharing between military and civilian leaders under a 2008 constitution that had been drafted by a previous junta.
2. Politics of Myanmar (Wikipedia)
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overwhelmingly approved (by 92.4% of the 22 million voters with alleged voter turnout of 99%) on 10 May 2008
Min Aung Hlaing (Wikipedia)
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having assumed the presidency on 10 April 2026
Myanmar (Wikipedia)
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Unitary assembly-independent republic
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