"We got New President" Rohingya

U Win Myint elected as Myanmar's new president

Rohingya activist tweeted on behalf of the community, "Congratulation: #UWinMyint our new president, We hope U will be the one for "Peace"

"We got new President; our country will step toward peace in practical" Rohingya community.

U Win Myint, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, was elected as Myanmar's new president in the presidential run today on 28-03-2018, the Union Parliament announced.

U Win Myint became the country's 10th president since 1948.

The presidential run was hosted by the Union Parliament to fill the presidency vacancy left by U Htin Kyaw, who announced resignation last week, citing health as reason.

The presidential election was contested among three vice presidents, namely U Myint Swe, U Henry Van Thio and U Win Myint.

U Win Myint won the election with 403 votes as a total of 636 MPs cast their votes in the Union Parliament. Of the votes cast, four were cancelled.

U Myint Swe won 211 votes and U Henry Van Thio gained 18 votes.

In the election, U Myint Swe and U Henry Van Thio remained as the first and second vice president respectively, according to their votes received.

The parliament is expected to announce the date of the swearing-in to office of the elected president and two vice presidents on Thursday when the parliament session continues.