Thein Swe ( my, သိန်းဆွေ) is a Burmese politician and
political prisoner
A political prisoner is someone imprisoned for their political activity. The political offense is not always the official reason for the prisoner's detention.
There is no internationally recognized legal definition of the concept, although n ...
who currently serves as an
Amyotha Hluttaw
The Amyotha Hluttaw ( my, အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်, ; House of Nationalities) is the ''de jure'' upper house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 224 members, of ...
member of parliament for
Ayeyarwady Region
Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bor ...
' Constituency № 10 (
Dedaye
Dedaye ( my, ဒေးဒရဲမြို့ ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Dedaye Township in the Pyapon District
Pyapon District ( my, ဖျာပုံခရိုင်) is a district of t ...
and
Pyapon Township
Pyapon Township ( my, ဖျာပုံမြို့နယ်) is a township of Pyapon District in the Ayeyarwady Division of Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require in ...
s).
His father
Min Swe is a former
MP elect, having won a majority of 20,358 (64% of the votes) 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 ...
.
Political career
He is a member of the
National League for Democracy, he was elected as an
Amyotha Hluttaw
The Amyotha Hluttaw ( my, အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်, ; House of Nationalities) is the ''de jure'' upper house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 224 members, of ...
MP and elected representative from
Ayeyarwady Region
Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bor ...
' Constituency № 10 (
Dedaye
Dedaye ( my, ဒေးဒရဲမြို့ ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Dedaye Township in the Pyapon District
Pyapon District ( my, ဖျာပုံခရိုင်) is a district of t ...
and
Pyapon Township
Pyapon Township ( my, ဖျာပုံမြို့နယ်) is a township of Pyapon District in the Ayeyarwady Division of Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require in ...
s).
References
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Members of the House of Nationalities
National League for Democracy politicians
Prisoners and detainees of Myanmar
Living people
1967 births
People from Ayeyarwady Region