Aye Zan
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.
His Excellency Dr 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 | 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 |
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]
References
- "2015 general election Regions/State Hluttaw election results" (PDF). Union Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- Kon Eain, Naing (1 March 2017). "မွန်ပြည်နယ် ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်သစ် ရွေးချယ်အတည်ပြု". VOA Burmese (in Burmese). Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- "မွန်ပြည်နယ် ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်သစ် ဒေါက်တာအေးဇံ ကျမ်းသစ္စာဆိုမည်". DVB (in Burmese). 1 March 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- 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.
- Khin Kyaw Han (1 February 2003). "Brief Biographies of Elected MPs". 1990 Multi-party Democracy General Elections. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- Zayar Maw (1 March 2017). "မွန်ပြည်နယ် ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်အဖြစ် ဒေါက်တာအေးဇံအား ကန့်ကွက်သူမရှိ အတည်ပြု". Mizzima (in Burmese). Retrieved 22 February 2018.