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Yangon Region Government
Yangon Region Government is known as Yangon Region Caretaker Government. Current Chief Minister is Hla Soe . Hla Soe's Yangon Region Administration Council(1 February 2021 – 1 August 2021 ) According to the Coup D'état on 1 February 2021 ,the former cabinet was dissolved and formed a new council by the Myanmar Military also known as Yangon Region Administrative Council. Phyo Min Thein's Yangon Region Cabinet (1 April 2016 – 31 January 2021) According to the result of the 2015 Myanmar General Election , National League for Democracy Party won with a landslide victory and formed a cabinet . Although the term of the cabinet is 5 years , this cabinet could only serve for 4 years & 307 days due to the Coup D'état on 1 February 2021. Myint Swe's Yangon Region Cabinet (1 April 2011 – 31 March 2016) According to the result of the 2010 Myanmar General Election , Union Solidarity and Development Party(the military proxy party formed by the former dictators)won and formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devolved
Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level. It is a form of administrative decentralization. Devolved territories have the power to make legislation relevant to the area, thus granting them a higher level of autonomy. Devolution differs from federalism in that the devolved powers of the subnational authority may be temporary and are reversible, ultimately residing with the central government. Thus, the state remains ''de jure'' unitary. Legislation creating devolved parliaments or assemblies can be repealed or amended by central government in the same way as any statute. In federal systems, by contrast, sub-unit government is guaranteed in the constitution, so the powers of the sub-units cannot be withdrawn unilaterally by the central government (i.e. not through the process of constitutional amendment). The sub-units therefore have a lower degree o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naing Ngan Lin
Naing Ngan Lin ( my, နိုင်ငံလင်း, born September 3, 1977) is a Burmese politician and former political prisoner who currently serves as a regional minister for social affairs and a Pyithu Hluttaw MP for Dekkhinathiri Township. He is a member of the National League for Democracy. Biography Naing Ngan Lin was born on September 3, 1977, in Thaton Township, Mon State to Aye Myint and Phyu. He moved to Yangon when he was about three years old. In 2006, he graduated in politics and government from Open University. After graduation, he married his life partner, Sandar Win. He lives in Yangon with his wife, their son and his parents-in-law. He became involved in politics during the Saffron Revolution of 2007. In 2009, he was arrested and spent two months in prison. After he was released, he set up the United Front of Burmese Activists for Democracy. After Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest, she called on him to work with the NLD in 2010. He found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ko Lay
Ko Lay ( my, ကိုလေး, ; born 31 October 1931) was mayor of Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ... from 1988 to 2003. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ko Lay Burmese military personnel Mayors of Yangon 1931 births Defence Services Academy alumni Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Yangon
The Mayor of Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ဝန်) is the head of Yangon's government. The mayor concurrently serves as the chairman of the Yangon City Development Committee. History The office of the mayor and the municipal government of Rangoon were established by the British colonial government in 1874 per the Act of 1874, Article 7. The charter of the municipal government was changed per the Burma Act of 1898, and again updated per the City of Rangoon Municipal Act of August 1922.Myanma Swezon Kyan Vol. 11 1970: 271 List The following is a list of mayors of Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh .... References {{reflist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aung Thein Lin
Aung Thein Lin ( my, အောင်သိန်းလင်း ; also spelled Aung Thein Linn) is a Burmese politician, and a member of parliament at the Pyithu Hluttaw from the South Okkalapa constituency. The former brigadier general in the Myanmar Army was mayor of Yangon from 2000 to 2010. He was a major in the military in 1988 and later became the commander of Light Infantry Division 101 and then deputy minister of Industry-2 as well as an executive of the junta’s mass organization, the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), which was transformed into the Union Solidarity and Development Party The Union Solidarity and Development Party ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုကြံ့ခိုင်ရေးနှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးပါတီ; abbr. USDP) is a political party in Myanmar, registered on ... in April 2010. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Aung Thein Lin Burmese military personnel Union Solidarity and D ... [...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 comma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aung Khin (Colonel)
Aung Khin ( my, အောင်ခင်, ) was mayor of Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ... from 1986 to 1988. References Mayors of Yangon Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Myanmar-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyaw Soe
Kyaw Soe ( my, ကျော်စိုး; born on 16 October 1944) is a former Deputy Ministry of Science and Technology (Burma), Minister for Science and Technology, after his appointment on 15 November 2004. He was previously the Director General of Department of Technical and Vocational Education. References {{reflist 1944 births Government ministers of Myanmar Foreign ministers of Myanmar Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Union Solidarity and Development Party politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myint Swe (general)
Myint Swe ( my, မြင့်ဆွေ, ; born 24 May 1951) is a Burmese politician currently serving as Acting President of Myanmar as well as First Vice President. He previously served as the acting president after the resignation of President Htin Kyaw on 21 March 2018, and the chief minister of Yangon Region from 30 March 2011 to 30 March 2016. On 30 March 2016, he was sworn in as the vice president of Myanmar. He is an ethnic Mon ex-military officer in the Myanmar Army with the rank of a lieutenant general. Myint Swe was declared acting president by the Tatmadaw in the coup d'état on 1 February 2021, after which he immediately transferred power to Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing. He has rarely been seen in public since the coup, with Min Aung Hlaing serving as the face of the government. He has twice extended the country's originally one-year state of emergency by six month periods at meetings of the National Defence and Security Council. Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myint Swe
Myint Swe ( my, မြင့်ဆွေ, ; born 24 May 1951) is a Burmese politician currently serving as Acting President of Myanmar as well as Vice-President of Myanmar, First Vice President. He previously served as the acting president after the resignation of President Htin Kyaw on 21 March 2018, and the chief minister of Yangon Region from 30 March 2011 to 30 March 2016. On 30 March 2016, he was sworn in as the vice president of Myanmar. He is an ethnic Mon people, Mon ex-military officer in the Myanmar Army with the rank of a lieutenant general. Myint Swe was declared acting president by the Tatmadaw in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état on 1 February 2021, after which he immediately transferred power to Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing. He has rarely been seen in public since the coup, with Min Aung Hlaing serving as the face of the government. He has twice extended the country's originally one-year state of emergency by six month periods ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arakan National Party
The Arakan National Party ( my, ရခိုင်အမျိုးသားပါတီ; abbreviated ANP), is a political party in Myanmar (Burma), representing the interests of the Rakhine people in Rakhine State and Yangon Region. The party was founded on 13 January 2014 and registered with the Union Election Commission on 6 March 2014. The chairman of the ANP is Thar Htun Hla. The party is known for its hardline ethnic nationalist stance, as well as its Islamophobic and anti-Rohingya positions. Some members of the party were involved in instigating violence against Rohingya people during the communal riots in 2012, which left dozens dead and thousands homeless. History The Rakhine Nationalities Development Party (RNDP), led by Dr. Aye Maung, and the Arakan League for Democracy (ALD), led by Aye Thar Aung, signed an agreement on 17 June 2013 to merge into a single party under the name "Arakan National Party" after more than eight months of negotiations. In the 2015 gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
