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1st LD: Myanmar former ruling party chairman U Thein Sein resigns

Xinhua, August 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

Chairman of Myanmar's former ruling party - the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) U Thein Sein has resigned from the party leadership, sources with the USDP Central Executive Committee said Tuesday.

U Thein Sein, also ex-president of the country, made the resignation at the party's second day meeting of the Second Nationwide Party Conference in Nay Pyi Taw.

U Thein Sein's post was replaced by U Than Htay, who served as a brigadier- general in the military and was minister for energy and minister for rail transportation during the tenure of U Thein Sein's government.

The party's vice chairman, U Htay Oo, also resigned, the sources said, adding that the resignation of both the chairman and the vice chairman aims at paving way for new generation leaders to take up the posts, while the two former leaders retain as patrons of the party.

The party central- level reform includes naming U Myat Hein as vice chairman, U Thet Naing Win as general secretary and five others as secretaries. Endit