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Aung San Suu Kyi to run Myanmar foreign ministry | Aung San Suu Kyi to run Myanmar foreign ministry |
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Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party won historic elections in Myanmar, is to take a place in the new cabinet. | Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party won historic elections in Myanmar, is to take a place in the new cabinet. |
Ms Suu Kyi is barred from the presidency herself and had been widely expected not to take a ministry. | Ms Suu Kyi is barred from the presidency herself and had been widely expected not to take a ministry. |
But her name was on a list of 18 submitted to parliament by President-elect Htin Kyaw. | But her name was on a list of 18 submitted to parliament by President-elect Htin Kyaw. |
The BBC's Jonah Fisher in Yangon says she will head up foreign affairs, energy, education and be minister in the president's office. | The BBC's Jonah Fisher in Yangon says she will head up foreign affairs, energy, education and be minister in the president's office. |
There are no other women appointed to the cabinet, he adds. | There are no other women appointed to the cabinet, he adds. |
Myanmar's constitution, drafted by the outgoing military rulers, prevents Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming president because her two sons have British passports. | Myanmar's constitution, drafted by the outgoing military rulers, prevents Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming president because her two sons have British passports. |
Despite weeks of negotiation, the NLD was unable to persuade the military to remove or suspend the clause. | |
Analysis: Jonah Fisher, BBC News, Yangon | |
Aung San Suu Kyi had already made it clear that whatever her title she was going to run the new government. | |
She could have done that just by becoming minister in the president's office, sitting next to her friend and proxy Htin Kyaw and telling him what to do. | |
But that clearly wasn't enough. | |
Ms Suu Kyi has had four and a half months to reflect on who should steer one of her biggest priorities, education reform. | |
She's also had time to consider who should oversee the vital energy portfolio, and who should represent a resurgent Myanmar, also known as Burma, at summits abroad. And after all that time the answer was staring back from the mirror. | |
Aung San Suu Kyi decided that there could be no-one else, and that she would have to directly run three of the most time-consuming ministries. | |
Only time will tell how that works in practice. But given there are only five working days in a week these ministries could well be guided by someone who shows up for just one day in five. | |
Even with the most efficient support team around you, it's hardly a platform to deliver much-needed ambitious change. | |
Fifteen of the names on the ministerial list were chosen by Ms Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate and former political prisoner, and three by the commander-in-chief of the army. | |
Parliament is expected to vote later in the week to confirm the posts. | Parliament is expected to vote later in the week to confirm the posts. |
The NLD has a huge majority in both houses of parliament, although the military automatically occupies 25% of seats. | |
If she does become foreign minister, under the complex political structure Ms Suu Kyi will have to stand down as an MP and refrain from all NLD activities. | |
Who is Htin Kyaw? |