Parliament elects new Lower House speaker

Myanmar's new parliament elected U Win Myint of the National League for Democracy on Monday as Speaker of the House of Representatives, or Lower House, and U Ti Khun Myat of the Union Solidarity and Development Party as Deputy Speaker of the House. The election took place at the first session of the parliament that began a new five-year term from 2016.

U Win Myint, an NLD MP to the House of Representatives from Pathein constituency in the last term of the parliament, was re-elected to the same House from Tammwe constituency in the 2015 general election.

U Ti Khun Myat is a Kachin ethnic parliament representative elected from Kutkai constituency representing the USDP.