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Equivalent to incumbent
President (5 years, renewable once)
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590:"Aung San Suu Kyi: The democracy icon who fell from grace"
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303:. Aung San Suu Kyi's
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313:President of Myanmar
1899:Politics of Myanmar
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506:Politics of Myanmar
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1508:Myanmar portal
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766:www.skynews.com.au
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