The Union Solidarity and Development Association ( ; abbreviated USDA) was a Burmese political party founded with the active aid of Myanmar's ruling

military junta A military junta () is a government led by a committee of military leaders. The term '' junta'' means "meeting" or "committee" and originated in the national and local junta organized by the Spanish resistance to Napoleon's invasion of Spain i ...

, the

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(SLORC), on 15 September 1993.

History

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 ...

(USDP), formed on 29 March 2010, took part in the 2010 elections. All civil servants and members under the age of 25 were purged from the USDA, the remaining members were enrolled into the USDP. All assets of the USDA were transferred to the USDP leading to the disbanding of the USDA. Htay Oo was the secretary general of the organisation. Its headquarters were in

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, and operated nationwide. On 19 October 2008, a small bomb exploded in the Htan Chauk Pin quarter of the Shwepyitha Township office of the USDA, resulting in property damage and killing one According to the

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, the victim was identified as Thet Oo Win, a former Buddhist monk who participated in the Saffron Revolution, was killed while improvising the bomb at his own residence. The junta blamed the

National League for Democracy The National League for Democracy ( my, အမျိုးသား ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ်, ; abbr. NLD; Burmese abbr. ဒီချုပ်) is a liberal democratic political party in Myanmar (Burma). I ...

party of planting that bomb, but experts believed at the time that the opposition was not in a position to carry out such acts amidst the tightly controlled security environment.

Objective

The motto of the organisation was "Morale, Discipline, Solidarity, Unity." # Non-disintegration of the Union # Non-disintegration of national solidarity # Perpetuation of sovereignty # Dynamism of Patriotic Spirit with a view to promoting national prestige and integrity # Development of the nation and emergence of a peaceful and modern state

Main members

Central Panel of Patrons: * Senior General

Than Shwe Than Shwe ( my, သန်းရွှေ, ; born 2 February 1933 or 3 May 1935) is a Burmese strongman politician who was the head of state of Myanmar from 1992 to 2011 as Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC). During this ...

* Vice-Senior General

Maung Aye Vice Senior General Maung Aye ( my, မောင်အေး ; born 25 December 1937) is a Burmese military official who was Vice Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), the ruling military junta of Myanmar, from July 1993 to ...

* General Thura Shwe Mann * Prime Minister General

Thein Sein Thein Sein ( my, သိန်းစိန်; IPA: ; born 20 April 1944) is a Burmese politician and retired general in the Myanmar Army who served as the eighth President of Myanmar from 2011 to 2016. He previously served as Prime Minister ...

* Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura

Tin Aung Myint Oo '' Thihathura'' Tin Aung Myint Oo ( my, တင်အောင်မြင့်ဦး ; born 29 May 1949) is a Burmese former military official and politician who served as First Vice President of Myanmar from 30 March 2011 to 1 July 2012. He is ...

Secretariat: * Secretary-General: U Htay Oo - Minister of Agriculture * Joint Secretary-General : U Zaw Min - Minister for Electric Power No. (1) * U Thaung - Minister of Science and Technology * U Tin Htut - Minister for Cooperatives * U

Aung Thaung Aung Thaung ( my, အောင်သောင်း; 1 December 1940 – 23 July 2015) was a Burmese politician and businessman. He served as a member of the country's lower house, the Pyithu Hluttaw, representing the constituency of Taungtha Town ...

- Minister of Industrial No(1) * U

Thein Zaw Thein Zaw ( my, သိန်းဇော်; born 5 May 1994) is a footballer from Burma, and a defender for Myanmar national football team. Club career He currently plays for Zwekapin United in Myanmar National League, and formally played for ...

- Minister of Post and Telecommunication * U

Kyaw Hsan Kyaw Hsan (born 20 May 1948) is a former Brigadier-General and previously served as Minister of Cooperatives, Minister of Culture and Minister of Information of Myanmar. Kyaw Hsan was born on 20 May 1948 is Monywa, Sagaing Region. He attended high ...

- Minister of Information Central Executive Committee: * U

Thein Nyunt Thein Nyunt ( my, သိန်းညွန့်) was one of six ministers of the President's Office, in the Cabinet of Burma (Myanmar), as well as the Mayor and the Chairman of the Naypyidaw Council, which governs the national capital. He serve ...

- Minister of Progress of Border Areas, National Races and Development Affairs, Mayor of Naypyidaw * U Nyan Tun Aung - Deputy Minister of Transport * Dr

Chan Nyein Chan Nyein ( my, ချမ်းငြိမ်း) is a former Minister for Education of Myanmar (Burma). and a member of the Pyithu Hluttaw The Pyithu Hluttaw ( my, ပြည်သူ့ လွှတ်တော်, ; House of Representa ...

- Minister of Education * U Khin Maung Myint - Minister for Electric Power No. (2) * U Soe Tha - Minister of National Planning and Economic Development * U

Tin Naing Thein Tin Naing Thein ( my, တင်နိုင်သိန်း, born 1955) is the former Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar, Minister for National Planning and Economic Development and Minister for Livestock and Fisheries. He is a retir ...

- Minister for Commerce * U Thein Aung- Minister for Forestry * Thura U Aung Ko - Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs * U Maung Pa - Deputy Mayor of Yangon City * U

Than Htay Than Htay ( my, သန်းဌေး; born 12 November 1954) is a Burmese politician who served as Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party from August 2016 to September 2022 due to medical treatment. He previously served as the Mi ...

- Deputy Minister for Energy * U

Ohn Myint Thakin Ohn Myint ( my, သခင် အုန်းမြင့်) was a notable Burmese journalist, best known for his political involvement in British Burma. In 1933, he joined the Dobama Asiayone, an indigenous anti-colonial organization w ...

- Minister of Mine * U Maung Maung Thein - Minister of Livestock and Fishery * Thura U Aye Myint - Minister of Sport * U Thein Swe - Minister of Transport * U

Aung Min Aung Min ( my, အောင်မင်း) is the incumbent Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar (Burma), chairperson of Myanmar Peace Centre and a former Minister for Rail Transportation of Myanmar (Burma). He is also a retired Major G ...

- Minister of Train Transport * U Phone Swe- Deputy Minister for Home Affairs * Thura U Myint Maung - Minister of Religious Affairs * U Aung Thein Lin - Mayor of Yangon City

Organization

The USDA comprised 1 Headquarters, 17 State and Division Associations, 66 District Associations and 320 Township Associations. As of 30 April 2007, the Association had 24 million members.

References

External links

Official website in English

{{Myanma political parties Political parties in Myanmar 1993 establishments in Myanmar