Overview
- The cabinet, which won approval Thursday, installs 30 ministers for President Min Aung Hlaing's new government.
- Twenty-four picks come from the military or the army-backed USDP, and most served in the last junta government.
- Key changes include General Tun Aung as defense minister, Lieutenant General Hpone Myat at border affairs, and former ambassador Tin Maung Swe as foreign minister.
- Parliament also reappointed the constitutional tribunal chair, the attorney general, and Supreme Court judges, keeping junta-aligned legal leadership in place.
- In an inauguration speech Friday, Min Aung Hlaing said his priorities are democracy and peace and vowed to repair ties with ASEAN, while many governments reject the disputed election that excluded opposition and missed conflict-hit areas and have sanctioned several ministers.