Tran Dai Quang becomes new Vietnamese president

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">Vietnam's police chief, Tran Dai Quang, has been sworn in as the communist country's president. Mr Quang, 59, has been head of the ministry of public security, which has been the focus of Western criticism of the nation's human rights record.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"><br /></span></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNei6TkE139G7tCumEKfhALfzU_RhHzahfCrnUBAun_uyu87pAvO5nhyig1doUC8_u0SpJ_l45t5BJ19GtM6_qEvLwdIhj0oVvECxg4BTQ-ngSJb0yLqada41MSpTSnf51uzNSbJy-GfhW/s1600/vietnam+president.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNei6TkE139G7tCumEKfhALfzU_RhHzahfCrnUBAun_uyu87pAvO5nhyig1doUC8_u0SpJ_l45t5BJ19GtM6_qEvLwdIhj0oVvECxg4BTQ-ngSJb0yLqada41MSpTSnf51uzNSbJy-GfhW/s320/vietnam+president.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div> <span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white;">Quang's approval was however a mere formality, since he was the only candidate put</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white;">forward by the Communist Party's five-yearly congress in January. </span>He was elected as President after he secured 91.5% of the valid votes i.e. 452 out of the total 494 members of the unicameral house, voted in favour of Quang.</div>

Tran Dai Quang becomes new Vietnamese president

Vietnam's police chief, Tran Dai Quang, has been sworn in as the communist country's president. Mr Quang, 59, has been head of the ...

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Htin Kyaw becomes Myanmar President

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.32px;">Htin Kyaw was elected as the first civilian</span><span style="line-height: 19.32px;"> President</span><span style="line-height: 19.32px;"> to lead the country after 53 years of military rule.</span></span></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWlUCOAtdqIMJpkMZNjPQ-MhdRwLFwOydyN9vUBl4Npmxo3wKHkw8H5XWa1lHT2TLR1LkUQgy5b7wJYvd2QAmwqTRY3Qv4do3BMEgCJbUE8ClujXRY17-nqMHgO0C_ukXWxDF3vk7mEkqi/s1600/htin+kyaw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWlUCOAtdqIMJpkMZNjPQ-MhdRwLFwOydyN9vUBl4Npmxo3wKHkw8H5XWa1lHT2TLR1LkUQgy5b7wJYvd2QAmwqTRY3Qv4do3BMEgCJbUE8ClujXRY17-nqMHgO0C_ukXWxDF3vk7mEkqi/s200/htin+kyaw.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A close adviser and loyal friend to Aung San Suu Kyi, the 69-year-old was nominated by the National League for Democracy party.</span></div> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.32px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.32px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Htin Kyaw won with 360 of the 652 votes cast in the two houses of parliament.</span></span></div>

Htin Kyaw becomes Myanmar President

Htin Kyaw was elected as the first civilian  President  to lead the country after 53 years of military rule. A close adviser and loya...

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Alexander Lukashenko becomes Beraus President for fifth time

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko is the President of Belarus, in office since 20 July 1994.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0KE7ZMyO4d5sltWsupaXCZVbb9EmPeHN_weVXbpXFsbGGBsjUbkTcDVT-uEl1uQGnBFZQbyWZgt-Ke-RWrJ4aiEoDsDPcNZ_Pz-1xOciEkrS1NEcVNv3OZehZEjDPy4dyt0I_GhYBxHN/s1600/Alexander+Lukashenko.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0KE7ZMyO4d5sltWsupaXCZVbb9EmPeHN_weVXbpXFsbGGBsjUbkTcDVT-uEl1uQGnBFZQbyWZgt-Ke-RWrJ4aiEoDsDPcNZ_Pz-1xOciEkrS1NEcVNv3OZehZEjDPy4dyt0I_GhYBxHN/s1600/Alexander+Lukashenko.jpg" /></a></div> <br />  He won 83.5% of the vote, higher than ever before, while his nearest rival, Tatiana Korotkevich, managed just 4.4%.</div>

Alexander Lukashenko becomes Beraus President for fifth time

Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko is the President of Belarus, in office since 20 July 1994.  He won 83.5% of the vote, higher than e...

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