Burmese Vice President Henry Van Thio is stepping down from his post for unspecified health reasons; details were not provided about his health or who his successor will be.
Burma’s Vice President Henry Van Thio, who served in the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and then continued in the position after the military ousted her to seize power in 2021, is stepping down for unspecified health reasons, state media said Monday.
Van Thio, a member of Burma’s Chin ethnic minority and a former army officer, was named second vice president in 2016 when Suu Kyi’s party started its first term after winning the 2015 general election in a landslide. Her National League for Democracy party governed Burma with overwhelming majorities in Parliament from 2015 to 2021, before being overthrown by the military.
The army said it staged its 2021 takeover because of massive poll fraud, though independent election observers did not find any major irregularities. The army takeover was met with widespread popular opposition. After peaceful demonstrations were put down with lethal force, many opponents of military rule took up arms, and large parts of the country are now embroiled in conflict.
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