Cho Cho ( my, ချိုချို) is the wife of

Win Myint Win Myint ( ; born 8 November 1951) is a Burmese politician who served as the tenth president of Myanmar from 2018 to 2021. He was removed from office in the 2021 Burmese coup d'état. He was the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Myanm ...

, the tenth

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. She served as the

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from 2018 to 2021, when her husband was removed from office in a

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Biography

Cho Cho was born in

Danubyu Danubyu ( my, ဓနုဖြူမြို့ ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Division of south-west Myanmar, located on the west bank of the Ayeyarwaddy River in the Ayeyarwaddy Delta. It is the seat of the Danubyu Township in the Maubin District ...

Ayeyarwady Region Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bor ...

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to parents Tun Min and Win Kyi. She is the third daughter of a prosperous business family of

. Her family was owns Zabu Tun Cinema and Thapyay Nyo traditional medicine production. She attended at Basic Education High School No.6 Pathein. She met with Win Myint in their childhood. They have a one son and one daughter. Her daughter, Phyu Phyu Thin, is a senior advisor of

City Mart Holdings City Mart Holdings (CMHL, my, စီးတီးမတ် ဟိုးဒင်း) is one of Myanmar’s largest retail outlet, employing more than 8,000 employees. The City Mart Group started as a modern supermarket in 1996 in the north wing o ...

and manager of Ocean Supercenter. Their son died at the age of 16 while Win Myint was being held at the Yemon Detention Centre, in

Bago Region Bago Region ( my, ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Pegu Division and Bago Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the southern central part of the country. It is bordered by Magway Region ...

. She was overcome with grief as her husband was under detention and her only son died. She had to organize the funeral on her own and Win Myint was only allowed to attend the Buddhist ritual at their home seven days after the death of his son. Without a job or income after the release of Win Myint, she had to sell her jewelry to support the family and provide schooling for their daughter Phyu Phyu Thin. She has given unconditional support to her husband Win Myint, ever since the pro-democracy uprising in 1988. MP Khin San Hlaing commented on Cho Cho, "Daw Cho Cho was the perfect wife for a politician. She supported her husband’s political aspirations all the way with courage". She is also known as "Mother Cho" among younger NLD members. Cho Cho became

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of the country when Win Myint became 10th

, following the resignation of Htin Kyaw as President of Myanmar on 30 March 2018.

References

{{s-end Living people Year of birth missing (living people) First ladies of Myanmar People from Ayeyarwady Region