Aye Zan

Aye Zan (Burmese: အေးဇံ; born 4 April 1954) is a Burmese politician. He served as chief minister for Mon State from 1 March 2017 to 1 February 2021.

His Excellency
Dr
Aye Zan
အေးဇံ
Chief minister of Mon State
In office
1 March 2017 – 1 February 2021
PresidentHtin Kyaw
Preceded byMin Min Oo
Succeeded byZaw Lin Htun
Mon State Hluttaw MP
Assumed office
8 February 2018
ConstituencyKyaikto Township № 2
Majority21,112 (60.63%)[1]
Member-elect of the Pyithu Hluttaw
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyKyaikto Township № 2
Majority15,978 (72%)
Personal details
Born (1954-04-04) 4 April 1954
Mudon, Mon State
Political partyNational League for Democracy
EducationM.B.,B.S
Alma materUniversity of Medicine 2, Yangon
CabinetMon State Government

Early life and education

Aye Zan is an ethnic Mon and he was born on 4 April 1954 in Mudon, Mon State. He graduated from University of Medicine 2, Yangon with medical degree in 1979.[2]

Political career

Aye Zan is a member of National League for Democracy's central executive committee. He is also chairman of Kyaikto Township' National League for Democracy party (NLD).[3] He led Kyaikto Township's NLD party since 1988.[4]

He won a seat in the 1990 election, but was never allowed to assume his seat.[5] In 2015 Myanmar general election, he was elected as a Mon State Hluttaw MP for Kyaikto Township No.2 constituency.[2]

Chief minister

After former chief minister Min Min Oo resigned from his post, Aye Zan was appointed as a chief minister of Mon State by president Htin Kyaw on 1 March 2017.[2][6]

In the wake of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état on 1 February, Aye Zan was detained by the Myanmar Armed Forces.[7]

References
  1. "2015 general election Regions/State Hluttaw election results" (PDF). Union Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. Kon Eain, Naing (1 March 2017). "မွန်ပြည်နယ် ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်သစ် ရွေးချယ်အတည်ပြု". VOA Burmese (in Burmese). Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. "မွန်ပြည်နယ် ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်သစ် ဒေါက်တာအေးဇံ ကျမ်းသစ္စာဆိုမည်". DVB (in Burmese). 1 March 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. Thet Htet Khin, Phay (20 February 2017). "မွန်ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်အသစ် ဖြစ်လာမယ့် ဒေါက်တာအေးဇံ ဘယ်လိုလူမျိုးလဲ". Kumudra Journal (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  5. Khin Kyaw Han (1 February 2003). "Brief Biographies of Elected MPs". 1990 Multi-party Democracy General Elections. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  6. Zayar Maw (1 March 2017). "မွန်ပြည်နယ် ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်အဖြစ် ဒေါက်တာအေးဇံအား ကန့်ကွက်သူမရှိ အတည်ပြု". Mizzima (in Burmese). Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  7. "Recent Arrest List" (PDF). Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. 4 February 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 February 2021.
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