Saw Daniel

Saw Daniel (Burmese: စောဒန်နီယယ်, b. 25 November 1957[1][2]) is a Burmese politician of Kayah descent and former vice-chairman of the Kayah State Democratic Party (KySDP).[2] He was appointed to the State Administration Council on 3 February 2021, following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, and left office on 1 February 2023.[3] On 4 February, KySDP distanced itself from Saw Daniel, announcing it had dismissed Saw Daniel from the party for accepting the appointment, and called for the regime to honor the 2020 election results.[2][4]

In this Burmese name, the given name is Saw Daniel. There is no family name.
Saw Daniel
စောဒန်နီယယ်
Member of the State Administration Council
In office
3 February 2021 – 1 February 2023
Secretary of the Kayah State Democratic Party
Personal details
Born25 November 1957 (1957-11-25) (age 65)
Burma
NationalityBurmese
Political partyKayah State Democratic Party (Until 2021)
Occupation
  • Politician

Saw Daniel contested the 2015 election as a KNDP candidate and the 2020 election as a KySDP candidate, losing both elections to an NLD candidate.[5]

References
  1. "Burma-related Designations; Iran-related Designations Removals; Non-proliferation Designations Removals". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. "Karenni armed group urges govt, Tatmadaw on single stand in peace talks". The Myanmar Times. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ် ( ၁၄ / ၂၀၂၁) ၁၃၈၂ ခုနှစ်၊ ပြာသိုလပြည့်ကျော် ၇ ရက် ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၃ ရက်". Tatmadaw Information Team (in Burmese). Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. Min Aung Hlaing (1 February 2023). "State Administration Council Order No 5/2023" (PDF). Global New Light of Myanmar. p. 6. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  5. "Co-opting Civilians into Myanmar's State Administration Council Junta". FULCRUM. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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