Lwin Ko Latt Explained

Honorific Prefix:U
Lwin Ko Latt
Native Name Lang:my
Office:Member of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Term Start:5 February 2021
Office1:Member of the Pyithu Hluttaw
Constituency1:Thanlyin Township
Majority1:70,380[1]
Term Start1:1 February 2016
Term End1:1 February 2021
Birth Date:20 January 1976[2]
Birth Place:Rangoon, Myanmar
Nationality:Burmese
Party:National League for Democracy
Occupation:Activist, politician

Lwin Ko Latt (Burmese: လွင်ကိုလတ်) is a Burmese activist and politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from Thanlyin Township from 2016 until his removal from office in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. He is a member of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.

Political career

In the 2015 Myanmar general election, Lwin Ko Latt contested in Thanlyin Township constituency for Pyithu Hluttaw, from National League for Democracy, and won a seat by 70,380 votes.[1] [3]

In the 2020 Myanmar general election, he was re-elected as a MP for Thanlyin Township but was not allowed to assume his seat due to the military coup d'état.[4] [5]

On 5 February 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, he became a member of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.[6] [7]

On 2 March 2021, CRPH named him Acting Minister of the Office of the President and Acting Minister of the Union Government Office.[8] [9] [10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ၂၀၁၅ခုနှစ် အထွေထွေရွေးကောက်ပွဲ . Union Election Commission . en.
  2. Web site: Myanmar Election 2020 . myanmarelection2020.com.
  3. News: ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ် ဦးလွင်ကိုလတ်နဲ့ မေးမြန်းချက် . Radio Free Asia . en.
  4. Web site: Amid Coup, Myanmar's NLD Lawmakers Form Committee to Serve as Legitimate Parliament . The Irrawaddy . 7 April 2021 . 8 February 2021.
  5. News: ခေတ္တပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးများကို CRPH က ခန့်အပ် . 2 March 2021 . en.
  6. News: 5 February 2021. NLD အမတ် ၁၅ ဦးပါ ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားပြုကော်မတီဖွဲ့စည်း. my. VOA.
  7. News: ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားပြုကော်မတီက အစိုးရဖွဲ့ဖို့ပြင်. my. BBC News မြန်မာ. 9 February 2021.
  8. Web site: 2 March 2021. Appointment of Acting Union Ministers . Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. en.
  9. News: Defying Military Regime, Myanmar's CRPH Names Four Acting Ministers . The Irrawaddy . 2 March 2021.
  10. News: CRPH က ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးတွေ စတင်ခန့်အပ် . BBC News မြန်မာ . my-MM.
  11. News: ခေတ္တပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီး ၄ ဦး CRPH ခန့်အပ် . VOA . my.