Dhaka, Aug. 8 -- Myanmar's military-appointed figurehead president - suspended from service since last year due to declining health - died on Thursday, a junta statement said.

Former general Myint Swe was named Myanmar's acting president in 2021, when the military deposed the democratic government of Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup, sparking a many-sided civil war.

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