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First Lady Of Myanmar
First Lady of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar () is the title held by the wife of the President of Myanmar, president or the head of the state. The first lady is also the patron of the Myanmar Women Affairs. The current first lady Kyu Kyu Hla (spouse of president Min Aung Hlaing) assumed the role in an acting since 2024. List of first ladies of Myanmar References "Sao Shwe Thaik's first presidential address to the nation, on January 4, 1948" Leaders of Myanmar (Burma) https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4D71F3BF936A35754C0A96F948260 {{First Ladies and Gentlemen First ladies of Myanmar, Lists of spouses of heads of state, Myanmar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyu Kyu Hla
Kyu Kyu Hla (; ; born 13 April 1954) is the acting First Lady of Myanmar and Spouse of the Prime Minister of Myanmar. She is a retired educator who served as a lecturer at the Myanmar language department of Yangon University. Kyu Kyu Hla is the wife of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, a Burmese army general who is the 12th Prime Minister of Myanmar and the current acting President of Myanmar since 22 July 2024. She became spouse of the Prime Minister of Myanmar following her husband's transition to Prime Minister of Myanmar on 1 August 2021, whereupon Min Aung Hlaing has ruled the nation as Chairman of the State Administration Council ( SAC) after the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. She is also the honorary patron of Myanmar Women's Affairs. Biography Kyu Kyu Hla was born on 13 April 1954 in Yangon, Burma (Myanmar) or Zee Kyun village under Auk Nat Maw village-tract in Thandwe, to parents Maung Maung Hla and Ohn Hla. In 1970, she passed her Matriculation examination, matriculat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maung Maung
Maung Maung ( ; 31 January 1925 – 2 July 1994), known honorifically as Dr. Maung Maung, was a well-known writer and legal scholar in Myanmar, who served as the seventh president of Burma from 19 August 1988 to 18 September 1988. Early life and career Maung Maung was born on 31 January 1925 in Mandalay, British Burma. He was the only son amongst seven children of lawyer U Sint and his wife Daw Aye Tin. He completed his comprehensive education at the Buddhist Thathana (BTN) Anglo-Vernacular School at the tender age of 14. He applied for admission to study a two-year programme in science at Mandalay Intermediate College, which he eventually completed in 1943. During this time, he joined the British Army Auxiliary Corps and attended the fourth intake of Officer Training School (OTS). In 1943, he voluntarily joined the Burma Defence Army (BDA) as a private and later joined the Resistance Movement against the Japanese in 1945. At this point, Maung began his journalistic career a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cho Cho
Cho Cho () is the wife of Win Myint, the tenth President of Myanmar. She served as the First Lady of Myanmar from 2018 to 2021, when her husband was removed from office in a coup d'état. Biography Cho Cho was born in Danubyu, Ayeyarwady Region, Burma to Tun Min and Win Kyi. She is the third daughter of a prosperous business family of Danubyu. Her family was owns Zabu Tun Cinema and Thapyay Nyo traditional medicine production. She attended at Basic Education High School No.6 Pathein. She met with Win Myint in their childhood. They have a one son and one daughter. Her daughter, Phyu Phyu Thin, is a senior advisor of City Mart Holdings and manager of Ocean Supercenter. Their son died at the age of 16 while Win Myint was being held at the Yemon Detention Centre, in Bago Region. She was overcome with grief as her husband was under detention and her only son died. She had to organize the funeral on her own and Win Myint was only allowed to attend the Buddhist ritual at their home s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myint Swe (general)
Myint Swe (; ; born 5 June 1950) is a Burmese politician and retired army officer who has been Vice President of Myanmar since 30 March 2016 and previously served as Acting President of Myanmar from 1 February 2021 to 22 July 2024. He also served as the acting president from 21 March 2018 to 30 March 2018 after the resignation of President Htin Kyaw, and the chief minister of Yangon Region from 30 March 2011 to 30 March 2016. A member of the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party, he is an ethnic Mon and a former lieutenant general in the Myanmar Army The Myanmar Army (; ) is the largest branch of the Tatmadaw, the armed forces of Myanmar, and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations. The Myanmar Army maintains the second largest active force in Southea .... Myint Swe was declared acting president by the Tatmadaw in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état on 1 February 2021, after which he immediately declare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khin Thet Htay
Khin Thet Htay () is the current Second Lady of Myanmar and former acting First Lady of Myanmar. She initially became acting First Lady when her spouse became acting President for ten days in March 2018 and again after the coup d'état on 1 February 2021. She also served as Vice President of Myanmar Women's Affairs Federation in early 2009. Her husband Myint Swe was sworn in as acting president under the Constitution of Myanmar, which also called for Pyidaungsu Hluttaw to select a new President within seven days of Htin Kyaw's resignation. On 2 March 2023, the military government awarded her the title of ''Agga Maha Thiri Thudhamma Theingi'', one of the country’s highest religious honors, for significantly contributing to the propagation of Buddhism Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Htin Kyaw
Htin Kyaw (, or ; born 20 July 1946) is a Burmese politician, writer and scholar who served as president of Myanmar from 30 March 2016 to 21 March 2018. He was the first elected president to hold the office with no ties to the military since the 1962 coup d'état. The second son of scholar Min Thu Wun, Htin Kyaw had held various positions in the education, planning and treasury ministries in prior governments. The ethnic Mon-Bamar politician is viewed as an important ally of the National League for Democracy (NLD) leader and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who is constitutionally barred from the presidency. Early life and education Htin Kyaw was born in Rangoon, British Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar), to the late Burmese scholar and poet Min Thu Wun and Kyi Kyi. His father was of Mon descent. His childhood name given by his father was ''Dala Ban'', a royal name of ancient Mon commanders. (He later used it as his pen name). Htin Kyaw completed his high school education a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Su Su Lwin
Su Su Lwin (, ; born 22 April 1952) is a Burmese politician and former First Lady of Myanmar. She has been the MP for Thongwa Township in the House of Representatives since 2012. She is the wife of Htin Kyaw, the ninth President of Myanmar, who in March 2016 became the first civilian president of the country in 53 years. Early life and education Su Su Lwin is the daughter of U Lwin, a veteran and former deputy prime minister of the Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) regime as well as the founding member and secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD). She is a descendant of a prince of the Konbaung dynasty Maung Maung Tin, who was a descendant of Ayodhya princess Kyauk Pwa Saw. She spent her elementary school years in the United States. She studied at the Rangoon Institute of Education and graduated with a M.A. degree, and holds a post-graduate degree from the University of Sydney. She married Htin Kyaw in 1973. The couple have no children. Career Professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thein Sein
Thein Sein (; IPA: ; born 20 April 1944) is a Burmese politician and retired military general who served as the 9th President of Myanmar from 2011 to 2016. He previously served as prime minister from 2007 to 2010, and was considered by many in and outside Myanmar as a reformist leader in the post- junta government. His government undertook a series of political reforms including some deregulation of the country's censored media, releasing many political prisoners and halting the country's controversial large Chinese-led hydro-power project. The developments that followed included Myanmar's appointment to chair ASEAN in 2014, improved relations with the United States, the release of Aung San Suu Kyi – his 2015 general election rival – from house arrest, and the reinstatement of major opposition party National League for Democracy (NLD) in the by-election held on 1 April 2012. Early life Thein Sein was born in Kyonku, a small Irrawaddy Delta village near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khin Khin Win
Khin Khin Win ( ) is a former First Lady of Myanmar, and the wife of former President of Myanmar Thein Sein. She was Myanmar's First Lady from 30 March 2011 to 30 March 2016. In December 2011, Khin Khin Win met U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her official visit in Myanmar. On 30 January 2012, the Singapore Botanic Gardens named a new orchid hybrid, the ''Dendrobium Daw Khin Khin Win'', in her honour. On 2 March 2023, the military government awarded her the title of ''Agga Maha Thiri Thudhamma Theingi'', one of the country’s highest religious honours, for significantly contributing to the flowering and propagation of Buddhism Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or .... Personal life Khin Khin Win and Thein Sein have three children. References Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Than Shwe
Than Shwe (; ; born 2 February 1933) is a retired Burmese army general who held influential positions within Myanmar's government. Serving as the chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) from 1992 to 2011, he played a significant role in shaping the country's political landscape. During his tenure, he exercised considerable authority, contributing to a centralized power structure. His governance saw the implementation of various policies aimed at economic development, modernization and infrastructure improvements. Than Shwe was also involved in efforts to stabilize the country and manage internal conflicts. While his leadership was marked by significant achievements, it also faced scrutiny and criticism, particularly regarding allegations of human rights abuses and restrictions on political freedoms. Than Shwe's tenure coincided with a period of political transition and international scrutiny, with Myanmar experiencing both internal and external challenges. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
