Lwin Ko Latt ( my, လွင်ကိုလတ်) is a Burmese activist and politician who served as a member of the

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Thanlyin Township Thanlyin (; or ; mnw, သေၚ်, ; formerly Syriam) is a major port city of Myanmar, located across Bago River from the city of Yangon. Thanlyin Township comprises 17 quarters and 28 village tracts. It is home to the largest port in the co ...

from 2016 until his removal from office in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. He is a member of the

Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော် ကိုယ်စားပြုကော်မတီ; abbreviated CRPH) is a Burmese legislative body in exile, representing a g ...

Political career

In the 2015 Myanmar general election, Lwin Ko Latt contested in Thanlyin Township constituency for

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 ...

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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 ...

, and won a seat by 70,380 votes. In the 2020 Myanmar general election, he was re-elected as a MP for Thanlyin Township but was not allowed to assume his seat due to the military coup d'état. On 5 February 2021, in the aftermath of 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, he became a member of the

. On 2 March 2021, CRPH named him Acting Minister of the

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and Acting Minister of the Union Government Office.

References

{{reflist Living people Burmese activists National League for Democracy politicians 1976 births 21st-century Burmese politicians