Author: Marco Bünte, Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nuremberg
In the early hours of 1 February, the day before Myanmar’s newly elected parliament was about to convene, military officers detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other senior National League of Democracy (NLD) leaders. Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing seized power, made retired general Myint Swe the new president and declared a one-year state of emergency.