Aye Zan Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	His Excellency Dr
Aye Zan
Native Name Lang:	my
Order:	Chief minister of Mon State
Term Start:	1 March 2017
Term End:	1 February 2021
Predecessor:	Min Min Oo
Successor:	Zaw Lin Htun
Cabinet:	Mon State Government
President:	Htin Kyaw
Office1:	Mon State Hluttaw MP
Constituency1:	Kyaikto Township № 2
Majority1:	21,112 (60.63%)^[1]
Term Start1:	8 February 2018
Office2:	Member-elect of the Pyithu Hluttaw
Constituency2:	Kyaikto Township № 2
Majority2:	15,978 (72%)
Predecessor2:	Constituency established
Successor2:	Constituency abolished
Party:	National League for Democracy
Birth Date:	4 April 1954
Birth Place:	Mudon, Mon State
Education:	M.B.,B.S
Alma Mater:	University of Medicine 2, Yangon

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.

Early life and education

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

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

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]

Notes and References

Web site: 2015 general election Regions/State Hluttaw election results. Union Election Commission. 22 February 2018.
Web site: မွန်ပြည်နယ် ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်သစ် ရွေးချယ်အတည်ပြု. Naing. Kon Eain. VOA Burmese. 1 March 2017. 22 February 2018. my.
Web site: မွန်ပြည်နယ် ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်သစ် ဒေါက်တာအေးဇံ ကျမ်းသစ္စာဆိုမည်. DVB. 1 March 2017. 22 February 2018. my.
Web site: မွန်ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်အသစ် ဖြစ်လာမယ့် ဒေါက်တာအေးဇံ ဘယ်လိုလူမျိုးလဲ. Kumudra Journal. Phay. Thet Htet Khin. 20 February 2017. 22 February 2018. my. https://web.archive.org/web/20180223050538/https://www.kumudranews.com/politics/%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%94%E1%80%B9%E1%81%80%E1%80%94%E1%80%B9%E1%81%BE%E1%80%80%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%81%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B3%E1%80%95%E1%80%B9-%E1%80%A1%E1%80%9E%E1%80%85%E1%80%B9%E1%80%BB%E1%80%96/. 23 February 2018. dead.
Web site: Brief Biographies of Elected MPs. Khin Kyaw Han. 1 February 2003. 1990 Multi-party Democracy General Elections. 22 February 2018.
Web site: မွန်ပြည်နယ် ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်အဖြစ် ဒေါက်တာအေးဇံအား ကန့်ကွက်သူမရှိ အတည်ပြု. Mizzima. Zayar Maw. 1 March 2017. 22 February 2018. my.
Web site: 4 February 2021. Recent Arrest List. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210204130903/https://aappb.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Recent-Arrest-List-Last-Updated-on-Feb-4.pdf . 4 February 2021 . Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.