The National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံ အမျိုးသားညွန့်ပေါင်းအစိုးရ ; NCGUB) was an administration which claimed to be the

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Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

(Myanmar). It had its headquarters in

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. It was formally established in December 1990, with Sein Win as its first prime minister. It was dissolved in September 2012.

History

On 18 December 1990, in

Manerplaw Manerplaw ( ksw, မၤနၢၤပျီ; my, မာနယ်ပလော) was a village in Kayin State, Myanmar (Burma), on the Moei River. It was the proposed capital of an independent state governed by the Karen people, known locally as Kawth ...

, the

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(NLD) and the other opposition parties of Burma established the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, and elected Sein Win, a first cousin of

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, as its

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. A newer version, the Democratic Government of Burma, replaced the original structure in

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at the special convention held there from 16–23 July 1995. In a press release, embargoed until 27 July 1995, the Elected Representatives of Burma issued the following communiqué: On September 14, 2012, NCGUB was officially dissolved to aid the reform process in Burma.

Government structure

Cabinet

Party name abbreviations

Chairmen

State representation

Electoral constituencies

Politics and actions

The Bommersvik Declarations

Subsequent to the 1995 convention the

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Representatives of the

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returned to Bommersvik in 2002. The following two landmark declarations were the product of their deliberations.Bommersvik Declaration from NCGUB website
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Bommersvik Declaration I

In 1995, during the first convention that lasted from 16–23 July, the Representatives issued the ''Bommersvik Declaration I'' with the following preamble:

Bommersvik Declaration II

In 2002, during the second convention that lasted from 25 February to 1 March, the Representatives issued the ''Bommersvik Declaration II'' with the following introductory passage:Bommersvik Declaration ΙΙ from NCGUB website
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Proposed constitution

The NCGUB Proposed First Draft

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was published by the National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB) in December 1997 with the following

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References

External links

Official website of the NCGUB and the MPUDemocratic Voice of BurmaBurma ProjectFree BurmaOnline Burma LibraryUS Campaign for Burma
{{Myanmar cabinets Exile organizations Former governments in exile Burmese democracy movements Politics of Myanmar Rockville, Maryland