Aye Zan (; born 4 April 1954) is a Burmese politician. He served as chief minister for

Mon State Mon State (, ; ) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It lies between Kayin State to the east, the Andaman Sea to the west, Bago Region to the north and Tanintharyi Region to the south, also having a short border with Thailand's Kanchanabu ...

from 1 March 2017 to the military coup d'état on 1 February 2021.

Early life and education

Aye Zan is an ethnic

Mon Mon, MON or Mon. may refer to: Places * Mon State, a subdivision of Myanmar * Mon, India, a town in Nagaland * Mon district, Nagaland * Mon, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India * Mon, Switzerland, a village in the Canton of Grisons * A ...

and he was born on 4 April 1954 in

Mudon Mudon (; ) is a town in the Mon State of south-east Myanmar, south of Mawlamyine. Mudon lies along the highway that links Mawlamyine to Thanbyuzayat, Kyaik-kami (Amherst) and Setse, Setse Beach. Etymology "Mudon" derives from the Mon language te ...

, Mon State. He graduated from

University of Medicine 2, Yangon The University of Medicine 2, Yangon ( ; formerly, Institute of Medicine 2) is a university of medicine, located in North Okkalapa, Yangon, Myanmar. The university offers M.B., B.S. degrees and graduate (diploma, master's and doctoral) degrees ...

with medical degree in 1979.

Political career

Aye Zan is a member of

National League for Democracy The National League for Democracy (, ; Abbreviation, abbr. NLD; Burmese abbr. ဒီချုပ်) is a deregistered liberal democratic political party in Myanmar (formerly Burma). It became the country's ruling party after a landslide victo ...

's central executive committee. He is also chairman of

Kyaikto Township Kyaikto Township () is a township of Kyaikto District in the Mon State of Myanmar. Its principal town is Kyaikto Kyaikto (; ) is the capital of Kyaikto District in the Mon State of south-east Myanmar. It is part of the Kyaikto Township, which ...

' National League for Democracy party (NLD). He led Kyaikto Township's NLD party since 1988. He won a seat in the 1990 election, but was never allowed to assume his seat. In

2015 Myanmar general election General elections were held in Myanmar on 8 November 2015, with the National League for Democracy winning a supermajority of seats in the combined national parliament. Voting occurred in all constituencies, excluding seats appointed by the mili ...

, he was elected as a Mon State Hluttaw MP for Kyaikto Township No.2 constituency.

Chief minister

After former chief minister Min Min Oo resigned from his post, Aye Zan was appointed as a chief minister of Mon State by president

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 ...

on 1 March 2017. In the wake of the

2021 Myanmar coup d'état A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when Elections in Myanmar, democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's milita ...

on 1 February, Aye Zan was detained by the

Myanmar Armed Forces The Tatmadaw, also known as the Sit-Tat, is the armed forces of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is administered by the Ministry of Defence and composed of the Myanmar Army, the Myanmar Navy and the Myanmar Air Force. Auxiliary services includ ...

References

{{Chief Ministers of Myanmar 1954 births Living people Government ministers of Myanmar People from Mon State Burmese Mon people National League for Democracy politicians University of Medicine 2, Yangon alumni Burmese physicians