Zaw Lin Htut (, born 11 February 1964) is a Burmese politician and medical doctor who is an

Amyotha Hluttaw The Amyotha Hluttaw (, ; House of Nationalities) is the ''de jure'' upper house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 224 members, of which 168 are directly elected and 56 appointed by the Myan ...

MP 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 ...

No. 9

constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

. He is a member of the

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 ...

Early life and education

Zaw Lin Htut was born on 11 February 1964 in

Yangon Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Dev ...

, Myanmar. He graduated with MBBS from

University of Medicine 1, Yangon The University of Medicine 1, Yangon ( ; formerly the Institute of Medicine 1), located in Yangon, it is the oldest medical school in Myanmar. The university offers Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, M.B.B.S. (equivalent of the Doctor of Medicine, ...

. He is also a medical doctor and opened a private clinic.

Political career

He is a member of the

. In the

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 an

MP, winning a majority of 51376 votes and elected representative from Mon State No. 9

parliamentary In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

References

Living people 1964 births People from Yangon Members of the House of Nationalities National League for Democracy politicians Burmese physicians University of Medicine 1, Yangon alumni {{Myanmar-politician-stub