Aye Zan (Burmese: အေးဇံ; born 4 April 1954) is a Burmese politician. He served as chief minister for Mon State from 1 March 2017 to the military coup d'état on 1 February 2021.

Aye Zan
အေးဇံ
Chief minister of Mon State
In office
1 March 2017 – 1 February 2021
PresidentHtin Kyaw
Preceded byMin Min Oo
Succeeded byZaw Lin Htun
Mon State Hluttaw MP
Assumed office
8 February 2018
ConstituencyKyaikto Township № 2
Majority21,112 (60.63%)[1]
Member-elect of the Pyithu Hluttaw
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyKyaikto Township № 2
Majority15,978 (72%)
Personal details
Born (1954-04-04) 4 April 1954 (age 70)
Mudon, Mon State
Political partyNational League for Democracy
EducationM.B.,B.S
Alma materUniversity of Medicine 2, Yangon
CabinetMon State Government

Early life and education

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Aye Zan is an ethnic Mon and he was born on 4 April 1954 in Mudon, Mon State. He graduated from University of Medicine 2, Yangon with medical degree in 1979.[2]

Political career

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Aye Zan is a member of National League for Democracy's central executive committee. He is also chairman of Kyaikto Township' National League for Democracy party (NLD).[3] He led Kyaikto Township's NLD party since 1988.[4]

He won a seat in the 1990 election, but was never allowed to assume his seat.[5] In 2015 Myanmar general election, he was elected as a Mon State Hluttaw MP for Kyaikto Township No.2 constituency.[2]

Chief minister

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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 on 1 March 2017.[2][6]

In the wake of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état on 1 February, Aye Zan was detained by the Myanmar Armed Forces.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "2015 general election Regions/State Hluttaw election results" (PDF). Union Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Kon Eain, Naing (1 March 2017). "မွန်ပြည်နယ် ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်သစ် ရွေးချယ်အတည်ပြု". VOA Burmese (in Burmese). Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. ^ "မွန်ပြည်နယ် ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်သစ် ဒေါက်တာအေးဇံ ကျမ်းသစ္စာဆိုမည်". DVB (in Burmese). 1 March 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. ^ Thet Htet Khin, Phay (20 February 2017). "မွန်ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်အသစ် ဖြစ်လာမယ့် ဒေါက်တာအေးဇံ ဘယ်လိုလူမျိုးလဲ". Kumudra Journal (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  5. ^ Khin Kyaw Han (1 February 2003). "Brief Biographies of Elected MPs". 1990 Multi-party Democracy General Elections. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  6. ^ Zayar Maw (1 March 2017). "မွန်ပြည်နယ် ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်အဖြစ် ဒေါက်တာအေးဇံအား ကန့်ကွက်သူမရှိ အတည်ပြု". Mizzima (in Burmese). Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Recent Arrest List" (PDF). Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. 4 February 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 February 2021.