The Shan Nationalities Democratic Party ( my, ရှမ်းတိုင်းရင်းသားများ ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် ပါတီ ;
abbreviated
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SNDP), also known as the White Tiger Party or Kya Phyu Party is a
political party
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in
Myanmar
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(Burma).
Unlike the similarly named
(SNLD), the party prefers the ''status quo'' of 7 states and 7 regions, rather than the SNLD's preference for a
federal system
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with 8 states.
History
The party was formally registered in April 2010. The party's headquarters are in
South Okkalapa Township
South Okkalapa Township ( my, တောင်ဥက္ကလာပ မြို့နယ် ) is located in the eastern part of Yangon. The township comprises 14 wards, and shares borders with North Okkalapa Township in the north, North Dagon Tow ...
,
Yangon
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, and its chairman is
Sai Ai Pao
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. In the
2010 general election, the party contested seats in
Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos ( ...
,
Kachin State and the
Mandalay Region
Mandalay Region ( my, မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering Sagaing Region and Magway Region t ...
. After the 2010 general election, the two SNDP representatives in the
Shan State Hluttaw
Shan State Hluttaw ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်လွှတ်တော်, shn, လုမ်းတႅၼ်းၽွင်းၸိုင်ႈတႆး) is the legislature of Shan State in Burma, established on February 8, 2016. ...
, Sai Ai Pao and Sai Naw Kham, were appointed ethnic affairs ministers of Shan State.
In December 2011, the party's head office moved to
Taunggyi
Taunggyi ( ; Shan: ; Pa'O: ) is the capital and largest city of Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) and lies on the Thazi-Kyaingtong road at an elevation of , just north of Shwenyaung and Inle Lake within the Myelat region. Taunggyi is the fifth la ...
, the capital of Shan State.
House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw)
House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw)
By-election
See also
*
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shan Nationalities League For Democracy
Political parties in Myanmar
Political parties of minorities
Shan State
Political parties established in 2010
2010 establishments in Myanmar