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1990 Myanmar General Election
General elections were held in Myanmar on 27 May 1990, the first multi-party elections since 1960, after which the country had been ruled by a military dictatorship. The elections were for a parliament-sized constitutional committee to draft a new constitution. The result was a landslide victory for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), which won 392 of the 492 seats. However, the military junta refused to recognise the results and continued ruling the country until 2011. Voter turnout was 72.6%. Background The aftermath of the uprising in 1988 and the rise of leader Aung San Suu Kyi placed worldwide media attention on the political situation in Myanmar. In September 1988, the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC, the predecessor to the State Peace and Development Council), in its Declaration No. 1, had set four goals for the country: to maintain law and order, improve transportation, improve the humanitarian situation and hold multi-party electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aung San Suu Kyi 17 November 2011 , a town in the Ayeyarwady Region
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Aung may refer to: *Aung (name), including a list of people with the name *Aung Yang, a village in Shwegu Township, Bhamo District, Kachin State *Myan Aung Myan Aung ( my, မြန်အောင်မြို့ ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Burma. It is the seat of the Myanaung Township in the Hinthada District Hinthada District ( my, ဟင်္သာတခရိုင ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national "newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democracy And Human Rights Party
The Democracy and Human Rights Party ( my, ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးပါတီ; abbr. DHRP) is a political party in Myanmar representing the Rohingya of northern Rakhine State. History Established in 1989, among others by the lawyer and human rights activist Kyaw Hla Aung, the party was originally known as the National Democratic Party for Human Rights and contested eight seats in the 1990 general elections.Robert H Taylor (2009) ''The State in Myanmar'', NUS Press It received 1% of the vote, winning four seats. Its MPs included Nur Ahmed, Chit Lwin Ebrahim, Fazal Ahmed and Shamsul Anwarul Huq. After being banned by the military government, it continued to operate in exile, and the National Democratic Party for Human Rights (exile) was formed in New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mon National Party
, abbreviation = MNP , colorcode = , ideology = Mon nationalismFederalism , headquarters = No 181, Yazadarid Road, Myaingtharyar Ward, Mawlamyine Township, Mon State, Myanmar , international = , website = , merged = Mon Unity Party , country = Myanmar , leader1_title = Chairman , leader1_name = Naing Ngwe Thein , leader2_title = Vice-Chairman , leader2_name = Naing Thet Lwin , leader3_title = , leader3_name = Min Soe Lin , founded = (re-registered) , position = , membership = , colours = Red , seats1_title = Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw , seats1 = , seats2_title = Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw , seats2 = , seats3_title =Seats in the Mon State Hluttaw , seats3 = , symbol = , flag = The Mon National Party (MNP) was a political party in Myanmar (Burma). History Established on 17 October 1988, the party was originally known as the Mon National Democratic Front (MNDF), and contested 19 seats in the 1990 general elections,Robert H Taylor (2009) ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arakan League For Democracy
The Arakan League for Democracy ( my, ရခိုင်ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ်; abbreviated ALD) is a political party active in Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). History The ALD was founded on 27 September 1989, in Yangon, and it was registered with the election commission on 2 October 1989. It contested 25 seats in the 1990 general elections,Robert H Taylor (2009) ''The State in Myanmar'', NUS Press receiving the majority of the vote at the Rakhine State. Nationally it received 1.2% of the vote, winning 11 seats, making it the third-largest party. However, the ALD was banned by the military government on 6 March 1992.1990 multi-party democracy general elections Democratic Voice of Burma On 6 April 2012, the ALD was allowed to be re-established as a pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union National Democracy Party
The Union National Democracy Party (UNDP) was a political party in Myanmar. History The UNDP was formed on 16 December 1988 by Aung Gyi after he left the National League for Democracy, of which he had previously been the chairman. Australians Care For Refugees The party contested 247 of the 485 seats in the 1990 general elections,Robert H Taylor (2009) ''The State in Myanmar'', NUS Press but received only 1.5% of the vote, the sixth-highest vote share, winning one seat – in |
Shan Nationalities League For Democracy
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy ( my, ရှမ်းတိုင်းရင်းသားများ ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ်; ; shn, ငဝ်ႈငုၼ်းတီႇမူဝ်ႇၶရေႇၸီႇၸိူဝ်ႉၶိူဝ်းတႆး; abbreviated as SNLD) is a political party in Myanmar (Burma). The party was established on 26 October 1988, and campaigns for the interests of the Shan people. The SNLD became the largest Shan party in the Assembly of the Union following the 2015 general election. The party is a federal party having local branches in most townships in Shan State and few in other states and regions such as Kayah, Kachin, and Mandalay. Unlike other Shan political parties, the party prefers a federal system with 8 states or 8 units to have equal political rights in upper house as the original principle based on the Federal Principles of 1961, rather than the ''status quo'' of 7 states and 7 regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democracy And Peace Party
The Democracy and Peace Party ( my, ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးပါတီ, ; abbreviated DPP; formerly the League for Democracy and Peace) is a Burmese political party registered in May 2010, with headquarters in Pabedan Township, Yangon. It is contesting the 2010 general election in Burma. DPP's chairman is Aung Than, a high court attorney and a member of the League for Democracy and Peace (), a political party founded by former Prime Minister U Nu in 1988. On 28 August 1988, at the peak for pre-democracy movement in Burma, U Nu, with his colleagues who were mostly former members of democratically elected government which was forcefully dissolved by the coup d'état of Ne Win Ne Win ( my, နေဝင်း ; 10 July 1910, or 14 or 24 May 1911 – 5 December 2002) was a Burmese politician and military commander who served as Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1974, and also President of Burma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Unity Party (Myanmar)
The National Unity Party (NUP) , is a political party in Myanmar (Burma). It is the successor to the Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP), which ruled the country from 1962 to 1988. The party's headquarters are in Bahan Township, Yangon. History The Burma Socialist Programme Party changed its name to the National Unity Party (NUP) on 24 September 1988. The NUP contested the 1990 general election and was seen as a proxy party of the Tatmadaw (military) and the main rival to Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy. The NUP was defeated in the election, but the results were not recognised by the Tatmadaw and subsequently voided. The NUP played a relatively minor role in Burmese politics after 1990 and maintained close ties with the Tatmadaw during the period of military rule under the State Peace and Development Council, which ended in 2011. Before 2011, the party membership consisted mainly of former Ne Win loyalists, former BSPP members, and top military comman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Arrest
In justice and law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or, in modern times, electronic monitoring) is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to their residence. Travel is usually restricted, if allowed at all. House arrest is an alternative to being in a prison while awaiting trial or after sentencing. While house arrest can be applied to criminal cases when prison does not seem an appropriate measure, the term is often applied to the use of house confinement as a measure of repression by authoritarian governments against political dissidents. In these cases, the person under house arrest often does not have access to any means of communication with people outside of the home; if electronic communication is allowed, conversations may be monitored. History Judges have imposed sentences of home confinement, as an alternative to prison, as far back as the 17th century. Galileo was confined to his home following his infamous t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U Nu
Nu ( my, ဦးနု; ; 25 May 1907 – 14 February 1995), commonly known as U Nu also known by the honorific name Thakin Nu, was a leading Burmese statesman and nationalist politician. He was the first Prime Minister of Burma under the provisions of the 1947 Constitution of the Union of Burma, from 4 January 1948 to 12 June 1956, again from 28 February 1957 to 28 October 1958, and finally from 4 April 1960 to 2 March 1962. Biography Nu was born to U San Tun and Daw Saw Khin of Wakema, Myaungmya District, British Burma. He attended Myoma High School in Yangon, and received a B.A. from Rangoon University in 1929. In 1935 he married Mya Yi while studying for a Bachelor of Laws. Political career Struggle for independence Nu's political life started as president of the Rangoon University Students Union (RUSU) with M. A. Rashid as vice-president and U Thi Han as the general secretary. Aung San was editor and publicity officer. Nu and Aung San were both expelled from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Burma
The Communist Party of Burma (CPB), also known as the Burma Communist Party (BCP), is a clandestine communist party in Myanmar (Burma). It is the oldest existing political party in the country. Founded in 1939, the CPB initially fought against British colonial forces before joining them in a temporary alliance to expel the invading Imperial Japanese Army from Myanmar during World War II. In the final years of the war, the CPB helped establish a leftist political and military coalition called the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL). However, the CPB fell out of favour with the more moderate socialists within the AFPFL due to differing views on how an independent Myanmar should be governed. The moderate faction of the AFPFL became the dominant political force in Myanmar's government following the country's independence in 1948. The CPB was subsequently expelled from the AFPFL and the government cracked down on the party's political activities, prompting the CPB's l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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