Aye Zan ( my, အေးဇံ; born 4 April 1954) is a Burmese politician. He served as chief minister for

Mon State Mon State ( my, မွန်ပြည်နယ်, ; mnw, တွဵုရးဍုင်မန်, italics=no) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It lies between Kayin State to the east, the Andaman Sea to the west, Bago Region to the ...

from 1 March 2017 to 1 February 2021.

Early life and education

Aye Zan is an ethnic Mon and he was born on 4 April 1954 in

Mudon Mudon ( my, မုဒုံမြို့; mnw, မိုဟ်ပ္ဍုၚ်) is a town in the Mon State of south-east Myanmar, south of Mawlamyine. Mudon lies along the highway that links Mawlamyine to Thanbyuzayat, Kyaik-kami (Amherst) ...

, Mon State. He graduated from

University of Medicine 2, Yangon The University of Medicine 2, Yangon ( my, ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ်(၂) ရန်ကုန် ; formerly, Institute of Medicine 2) is a university of medicine, located in North Okkalapa, Yangon, Myanmar. The university offers M.B., ...

with medical degree in 1979.

Political career

Aye Zan is a member of

National League for Democracy The National League for Democracy ( my, အမျိုးသား ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ်, ; Abbreviation, abbr. NLD; Burmese abbr. ဒီချုပ်) is a liberal democratic political party in Myanm ...

's central executive committee. He is also chairman of Kyaikto Township' National League for Democracy party (NLD). He led Kyaikto Township's NLD party since 1988. He won a seat in the 1990 election, but was never allowed to assume his seat. In

2015 Myanmar general election General elections were held in Myanmar on 8 November 2015, with the National League for Democracy winning a supermajority of seats in the combined national parliament. Voting occurred in all constituencies, excluding seats appointed by the mil ...

, he was elected as a

Mon State Hluttaw Mon State Hluttaw ( my, မွန်ပြည်နယ်လွှတ်တော်) is the legislature of the Burmese state of Mon State. It is a unicameral body, consisting of 31 members, including 23 elected members and 7 military representati ...

MP for Kyaikto Township No.2 constituency.

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 Htin Kyaw ( my, ထင်ကျော်, or ; born 20 July 1946) is a Burmese politician, writer and scholar who served as the ninth president of Myanmar from 30 March 2016 to 21 March 2018. He was the first elected president to hold the off ...

on 1 March 2017. In the wake of the

2021 Myanmar coup d'état A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then veste ...

on 1 February, Aye Zan was detained by the

Myanmar Armed Forces Tatmadaw (, , ) is the official name of the armed forces of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is administered by the Ministry of Defence and composed of the Myanmar Army, the Myanmar Navy and the Myanmar Air Force. Auxiliary services include th ...

References

{{Chief Ministers of Myanmar 1954 births Living people Government ministers of Myanmar People from Mon State Burmese people of Mon descent National League for Democracy politicians University of Medicine 2, Yangon alumni Burmese physicians