Sandar Min ( my, စန္ဒာမင်း, also spelt Sanda Min; born 5 November 1968) is a Burmese politician and former political prisoner who currently serves as a

Yangon Region Hluttaw Yangon Region Hluttaw ( my, ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီးလွှတ်တော်) is the legislature of the Burmese region of Yangon Region. It is a unicameral body, consisting of 123 members, including 92 electe ...

MP for

Seikkyi Kanaungto Township Seikkyi Kanaungto Township ( my, ဆိပ်ကြီးခနောင်တို မြို့နယ် ) is located on the southwestern bank of Yangon river across from downtown Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises eight wards, and is b ...

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. She previously served as a House of Representatives MP for Zabuthiri Township

Early life and education

Sandar was born on 5 November 1968 in

Rangoon 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 ...

, Myanmar. She graduated with B.Sc. (Chemistry) from Rangoon Arts and Sciences University.

Political career

Sandar Min first became involved in politics during the 1988 uprisings. At the time, she was studying chemistry and joined thousands of students who took to the streets demanding an end to military rule. She was part of the "Tri-Color" student group, which coordinated the student movement and acted as security for democracy icon and NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi. As a result, Sandar Min was arrested and sent to prison. She was released on 13 January 2012, as part of a national amnesty, after spending 5 years in jail, after protesting fuel price hikes with the 88 Generation Students Group in 2007. Sanda Min has spent several stints in prison for her political work: 1989 to 1992, 1996, and 2007 to 2012. Sandar became a member of the National League for Democracy. In the

2012 Burmese by-elections The 2012 Myanmar by-elections were held on 1 April 2012. The elections were held to fill 48 vacant parliamentary seats. Three of those remained vacant as polling in three Kachin constituencies was postponed. There was no plan to fill the addit ...

, she contested the Zabuthiri Township constituency for a seat in the Pyithu Hluttaw, the country's

lower house A lower house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has co ...

, and won the seat that Thein Sein vacated in 2011 to become

President of Burma The president of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar () is the head of state and constitutional head of government of Myanmar. The president leads the Cabinet of Myanmar, the executive branch of the Burmese government. The current presiden ...

. In the

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 ...

, she was elected as a

representative from

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. She is the heads of regional parliament's Finance, Planning and Economic Committee. She accused her colleagues in the region government of jeopardizing economic growth and putting thousands of labourers out of work, after they suspended construction at all projects with nine floors or more.

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