Aye Zan

Aye Zan
အေးဇံ
Chief Minister of Mon State
Assumed office
1 March 2017
President Htin Kyaw
Preceded by Min Min Oo
Mon State Hluttaw MP
Assumed office
8 February 2018
Constituency Kyaikto Township № 2
Majority 21,112 (60.63%)[1]
Member-elect of the Pyithu Hluttaw
Preceded by Constituency established
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Constituency Kyaikto Township № 2
Majority 15,978 (72%)
Personal details
Born (1954-04-04) April 4, 1954
Mudon, Mon State
Political party National League for Democracy
Spouse(s) Khin Aye Mu
Education M.B.,B.S
Alma mater University of Medicine 2, Yangon
Cabinet Mon State Government

Aye Zan (Burmese: အေးဇံ; born 4 April 1954) is a Burmese politician. He is currently serving as chief minister for Mon State since 1 March 2017.

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 Myanmar general election, 2015, he was elected as an 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]

References

  1. ↑ "2015 general election Regions/State Hluttaw election results" (PDF). Union Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 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). 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.
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