Arakanese Muslim Association

The Arakanese Muslim Association was a political party in Burma. The party was led by Sultan Mahmud, who served as Minister of Health during the U Nu period.[1]

History

Affiliated with the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League, the party won three seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the 1951–52 elections.[2]

References

  1. Jacques Leider (2018) "Rohingya: The History of a Muslim Identity in Myanmar" Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History
  2. Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p115


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