Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is currently acting president, while also serving as the chief of the armed forces which has ruled the country for most of its post-independence history. A running tally of attacks,

With large parts of the country under opposition control amid an ongoing civil war, analysts warn that election logistics could prove challenging.

Myanmar will hold nationwide elections beginning Dec. 28, setting a date for polls that have been denounced as a sham to normalize the army’s 2021 seizure of power even as much of the country is wracked by civil war.