Myanmar’s figurehead president, U Myint Swe, who served for four years as the acting president after the military seized power in a coup, died early Thursday in Naypyidaw, the capital. He was 74.

Myint Swe, the man who became Myanmar’s acting president after the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s government more than four years ago, has died, reports AP. He was 74 years old.

Myanmar's junta-appointed acting President U Myint Swe died Thursday morning, weeks after he was declared unable to perform his mostly ceremonial duties due to Parkinson's disease. He was 74.