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Pacts, patronage and fear: how Myanmar junta chief keeps power

Devjyot Ghoshal and Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters, Published on 13/01/2026

» His name is not on the ballot, and his photographs don’t appear on campaign posters. But one man looms large over the general election under way in Myanmar: junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.