Win Myint, who recently resigned his post of speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, leaves the parliament, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
YANGON (Reuters) - Win Myint, the long-serving member of Myanmar's ruling party who is expected to become the country's next president within days, is described by colleagues as a skilled political operator with a crucial quality - loyalty to de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The job is vacant after another Suu Kyi loyalist, Htin Kyaw, resigned due to ill-health on Wednesday.
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