Zaw Myint Maung

Zaw Myint Maung
ဇော်မြင့်မောင်
Chief Minister of Mandalay Region
Assumed office
30 March 2016
Preceded by Ye Myint
Member of the Mandalay Region Hluttaw
Assumed office
8 February 2016
Constituency Amarapura Township № 1
Member of the Pyithu Hluttaw
In office
2 May 2012  29 January 2016
Preceded by Hla Tun
Succeeded by Shwe Ko
Constituency Kyaukpadaung Township
Member-elect of the Pyithu Hluttaw
Preceded by Constituency established
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Constituency Amarapura Township № 1
Majority 21,119 (66%)
Personal details
Born (1951-12-11) 11 December 1951
Amarapura, Burma
Nationality Burmese
Political party National League for Democracy
Relations Chit Maung (father)
Alma mater Mandalay Institute of Medicine
Occupation Politician and physician

Zaw Myint Maung (Burmese: ဇော်မြင့်မောင်) is a Burmese politician and former political prisoner, currently serving as Chief Minister of Mandalay Region and Mandalay Region Hluttaw MP for Amarapura Township.[1] In the Burmese general election, 1990, he was elected as a Pyithu Hluttaw MP, winning a majority of 21,119 (66% of the votes), but was never allowed to assume his seat.[2]

Zaw Myint Maung graduated with a medical degree from the Mandalay Institute of Medicine in 1979.[2] During his medical career, he worked in Sagaing Division's Yuthitgyi Hospital and served as a chemistry lecturer at Mandalay University from 1983 to 1988.[2]

On 22 November 1990, he was arrested under Penal Code Article 122 and sentenced to 25 years, for attending meetings on forming a provisional government.[2] In March 1996, he was sentenced to a further seven years under the 1950 Emergency Provision Act, for publishing a magazine celebrating the 75th anniversary of Rangoon University and another called New Blood Wave.[2] In total, he served a 19-year sentence at a prison in Myitkyina.[3] He was released on 21 February 2009.[3]

References

  1. "Names of Pyithu Hluttaw representatives announced". The Myanmar Times. 2 April 2012. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Khin Kyaw Han (1 February 2003). "Brief Biographies of Elected MPs". Online Burma/Myanmar Library. Retrieved 5 October 2012 via ibiblio.org.
  3. 1 2 "released Political Prisoners from 2007 to date" (PDF). Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma). 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
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