Aung San Suu Kyi has nominated a writer and close friend who once acted as her personal driver as her "puppet" president of Burma after weeks of febrile speculation and intense negotiations.The choice of her long-time adviser Htin Kyaw marks the end - for now - of her dream of leading the country out of five decades of military rule.The Nobel laureate sent a note to her new MPs expressing regret for "not fully fulfilling the people's desire" but asked for support "to reach the goal peacefully".Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party won a landslide electoral victory in November, but she is barred from holding the presidency herself under a junta-drafted 2008 constitution because her children are foreign citizens.Suu Kyi has pledged that she will run the country regardless.Kyaw, 69, hails from an influential Burmese-Mon political family and currently helps run Suu Kyi's charitable foundation.Known as a genial figure, he is also a writer and was one of a handful of trusted aides allowed to see Suu Kyi during her 15 years of house arrest. During her sporadic periods of freedom, he served as her personal driver.Suu Kyi, 70, finally accepted defeat in behind-the-scenes negotiations to persuade the military to suspend the constitutional clause that thwarts her ambition to lead her country.The military junta only allowed the election to take place on its terms. It will maintain three key ministries and 25% of MPs are military appointees who command a veto over changing the constitution...