Khin San Hlaing ( my, ခင်စန်းလှိုင်) is a Burmese politician and

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who currently serves as a

Pyithu Hluttaw The Pyithu Hluttaw ( my, ပြည်သူ့ လွှတ်တော်, ; House of Representatives) is the ''de jure'' lower house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 440 members, of whic ...

member of parliament for

Pale Township Pale Township is a township in Yinmabin District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only s ...

. In the

1990 Burmese 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 ...

, she was elected as an Pyithu Hluttaw MP, winning a majority of 29,805 (75% of the votes), but was never allowed to assume her seat. Khin San Hlaing attended Wetlet State High School and obtained a

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(LLB) degree in 1982. She began working as a High Court advocate in 1985.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Khin San Hlaing Members of Pyithu Hluttaw National League for Democracy politicians Prisoners and detainees of Myanmar 1956 births Living people People from Sagaing Region Burmese women lawyers 20th-century Burmese lawyers 20th-century women lawyers