The military has nominated retired Lt. General Myint Swe, the out-going Yangon Chief Minister, as Vice President.
Lieutenant General Myint Swe is an ethnic Mon ex-military officer who graduated from the Defence Services Academy in 1971 as part of the 15th intake. He became a Brigadier General and commander of Light Infantry Division 11 in 1997 and was appointed as Commander of Southeastern Command and a member of the State Peace and Development Council in 2001.
He was transferred as a Commander of Yangon Command and promoted to Major General. He also acted as Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council. He became the Chief of Military Security Affairs after Khin Nyunt was purged in 2004 and became Chief of Bureau of Special Operations - 5 (BSO-5) in January 2006.
He was nominated as chief-minister of Yangon Region by President Thein Sein.