Myanmar's parliament Wednesday elected Win Myint, a loyalist of Aung San Suu Kyi, as new president, while she retained her executive authority over the government.

Myint replaces Htin Kyaw who retired last week for health reasons.

Myint received 403 votes of the combined houses, nearly doubling the total (211) for Myint Swe, the military's nominee, and Vice President Henry Van Tio, who came in a distant third.

The vote comes as Suu Kyi's civilian government has struggled to implement peace and national reconciliation.

The military is still combating ethnic rebels and the country has come under heavy international criticism for its brutal counterinsurgency campaign against the Muslim Rohingya minority.

緬甸議會星期三選舉昂山素季的鐵桿支持者溫敏為緬甸的新總統。昂山素季仍然掌握著政府行政權力。

緬甸前總統廷覺上星期由于健康原因辭職。溫敏在緬甸上下兩院總共得到403張票，比軍方提名的候選人敏瑞得票數（211票）幾乎高出一倍。副總統亨利·班提育獲得第三多的票數，但是遠遠少于前兩位候選人。

昂山素季掌管的政府在實施和平計劃以及國民和解的努力中舉步艱難。

緬甸軍隊仍在鎮壓少數民族的反政府力量。緬甸由于對羅興亞穆斯林人口的殘酷鎮壓而受到國際社會的猛烈批評。