Shwe Maung ( my, ရွှေမောင်, also spelt Shwe Mg, aka Abdul Razak; born 30 June 1965) is a

Rohingya The Rohingya people () are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar (previously known as Burma). Before the Rohingya genocide in 2017, when over 740,000 fled to Bangladesh, an ...

rights activist in Myanmar and politician who served as a

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in the

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for

Buthidaung Buthidaung (, ) is a town in Rakhine State, in the westernmost part of Myanmar (Burma). It is the administrative seat of the Buthidaung Township. Buthidaung lies on the west bank of the Mayu river, and experienced severe flooding in June 2010 and ...

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Early life and family

Shwe Maung was born in

Rakhine State Rakhine State (; , , ; formerly known as Arakan State) is a Administrative divisions of Myanmar, state in Myanmar (Burma). Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State to the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady R ...

Muslim parents, Abdul Hadi and Aye Sein. Although his parents are Myanmar citizens, the Union Election Commission of Myanmar ruled that they were not in order to bar U Shwe Maung from the 2015 General Election.

Political career

U Shwe Maung is a former member of the

Union Solidarity and Development Party The Union Solidarity and Development Party ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုကြံ့ခိုင်ရေးနှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးပါတီ; abbr. USDP) is a political party in Myanmar, registered on ...

. He served political development since 2010,

rights and prospects for reconciliation in

. In the

2010 Myanmar general election General elections were held in Myanmar on 2010, in accordance with the new constitution, which was approved in a referendum held in . The election date was announced by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) on . The elections were th ...

, he contested the

Buthidaung Township Buthidaung Township ( my, ဘူးသီးတောင်မြို့နယ် ) is a township of Maungdaw District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar (Burma). The principal town and administrative seat is Buthidaung Buthidaung (, ) is a town i ...

constituency and won a House of Representatives seat, 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 ...

. He is a one of Rohingya member in the Myanmar's parliament. During his time in parliament, he was a member of the Reform and Modernization Assessment Committee. He was deemed ineligible to run for re-election due to supposed issues of citizenship, Myanmar's parliament barred from contesting

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 ...

. Shwe Maung currently serves as a board member of the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) and founding member of the International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPPFoRB), also serving President of Arakan Institute for Peace and Development (AiPAD). On 8 September 2017, police captain of

Police Station opened a case against Shwe Maung under the Counter-Terrorism Law for allegedly supporting the

Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), formerly known as Harakah al-Yaqin ( "faith movement" in English), is a Rohingya insurgent group active in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. According to a December 2016 report by the International Cr ...

(ARSA) and defending them via his Facebook page. U Shwe Maung requested State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar Military Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing via his Facebook Page to protect innocent Rohingya people from his constituency from being killed by Myanmar Security Forces.

References

External links

Pyithu Hluttaw Parliament : Shwe Maung's MP ProfileASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights Board Members
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shwe Maung Rohingya politicians Union Solidarity and Development Party politicians Members of Pyithu Hluttaw 1965 births Living people People from Rakhine State