Su Su Lwin ( my, စုစုလွင်‌ ; born 22 April 1952) is a Burmese politician and former

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. She has been the MP for

Thongwa Township Thongwa Township ( my, သုံးခွ မြို့နယ်) is a township of Yangon Region, Myanmar, located in the southeastern section of the region by the Gulf of Martaban A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, t ...

in the

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since 2012. She is the wife of

Htin Kyaw Htin Kyaw ( my, ထင်ကျော်, or ; born 20 July 1946) is a Burmese politician, writer and scholar who served as the ninth president of Myanmar from 30 March 2016 to 21 March 2018. He was the first elected president to hold the off ...

, the ninth

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of Myanmar.

Early life and education

Su Su Lwin is the daughter of U Lwin, a veteran and former deputy prime minister of the

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(BSPP) regime as well as the founding member and secretary of the

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 ...

(NLD). She is the descendant of a prince of the

Konbaung dynasty The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘ ...

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, who was a descendant of Ayodhya princess Kyauk Pwa Saw. She spent her elementary school years in the

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. She studied at the Rangoon Institute of Education and graduated with a

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degree, and holds a post-graduate degree from the

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. She married Htin Kyaw in 1973. The couple have no children.

Career

Professional educator

Su Su Lwin worked for over ten years at Burma’s education research bureau after her graduation. She worked for

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from 1990 to 2005 and later served as a freelance consultant for monastic education programs. She founded a local non-profit organization called Hantha Educators in 2006 that partnered with local influential monks and focused on improving traditional monastic education, early childhood care and development programs. Her organization stressed the importance of child-centered teaching and critical thinking.

Political career

Su Su Lwin was elected for a parliamentary seat in the lower house (

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 ...

)'s Thongwa Township constituency, in 2012 by-elections and 2015 general election. She helped to draft the controversial National Education Bill, which in 2015 resulted in nationwide student protests. She previously served as Chairperson of the International Relations Committee of the

First Lady

She became the first lady of Myanmar when her husband became the president.

References

{{s-end 1946 births Burmese Theravada Buddhists First Ladies of Myanmar Living people Members of Pyithu Hluttaw National League for Democracy politicians People from Yangon Region University of Yangon alumni