Thein Sein

In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, Myanmar’s Prime Minister Thein Sein delivers a speech during an opening ceremony of a road in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar’s parliament named Thein Sein as the country’s new president Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, handing a key junta member the top job in the post-election administration. The appointment of Thein Sein was the latest step in Myanmar’s self-declared transition to democracy following elections in November, but critics have slammed the process as a sham aimed at cementing military rule. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)