Editing Min Aung Hlaing

In early 2021, Hlaing declared the 2020 election results fraudulent and launched a military coup against then-leader [[Aung San Suu Kyi]]. She, along with many other civilian leaders, was arrested. The army then installed him as leader of Myanmar (though he was believed by some to have already been ''de facto'' leader of the country), after which the [[State Administration Council]] was formed to govern the country. Because of this, it is believed that he intends to revert the country to a military dictatorship. In response to the coup, many Myanmarese citizens organized protests demanding the release of those arrested and the reinstatement of the civilian government. With Min Aung Hlaing's authorization, the military and police have used force, including live rounds, to crack down on these protests, resulting in between 300 and 931 deaths. As a result, ethnic armed groups withdrew from their ceasefire agreements, returning Myanmar to civil war. Some protesters even made improvised guns and slingshots to defend themselves, and eventually received combat training and equipment from ethnic armed groups in order to form an army for the government-in-exile. Six months after the coup, on 1 August 2021, Min Aung Hlaing formed a caretaker government and established himself as the country's prime minister under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myint_Swe Myint Swe] and de facto governor. He also remains the Chairman of the SAC.