Aung Shwe
Brigadier General Thray Sithu[1] Aung Shwe | |
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အောင်ရွှေ | |
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| President of theNational League for Democracy | |
| In office 22 December 1990 – 2010[2] | |
| Leader | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Preceded by | Tin Oo |
| Succeeded by | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Commander of Southern Command | |
| In office 1954–1962 | |
| Commander of Northern Command | |
| In office 1957–? | |
| Member-elect ofPyithu Hluttaw(1990) | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Mayangon Township№ 1 |
| Majority | 66.62% |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 May 1919 Rangoon,British Burma |
| Died | 13 August 2017(aged 98) Yangon,Myanmar |
| Political party | Burma Socialist Party(before 1962) Patriotic Old Comrades' League(1988-?) National League for Democracy(1988–2010) |
| Spouse | Tin Tin Shwe |
| Children | three sons and three daughters |
| Parent(s) | Phoe Con (father) Thein Tin (mother) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Burma |
| Branch/service | Myanmar Army |
| Years of service | 1946–1962 |
| Rank |  Brigadier General |
Brigadier GeneralAung Shwe(Burmese:အောင်ရွှေ;19 May 1919 – 13 August 2017) was a Burmese politician and a member of GeneralNe Win'sBurma Riflesrising toBrigadier General.He was one of the founders and former President of theNational League for Democracywho took charge of the party whenAung San Suu KyiandTin Oowere under house arrest in the early 1990s and 2000s.[2][3][4][5]
Early life and education[edit]
Aung Shwe was born inRangoon,British Burmato Phoe Con and Daw Thein. He graduated in arts fromRangoon Universityin 1940. From 1942 to 1945, he served under the leadership of GeneralAung San'sBurma Independence Army,Burma Defence Army and Patriotic Burmese Forces during theJapanese occupation of Burma.Aung Shwe joined theBurmese armyin 1945.
Military and governmental career[edit]
Aung Shwe played a role in the 1958caretaker governmentand served as a high-ranking military officer led by GeneralNe Win.During this time, he also served as theCommanderof the Southern Regional Command from 1955 to 1961 and Northern Regional Command in 1957.[6]
Aung Shwe was a member of theBurma Socialist Partybefore the1962 Burmese coup d'état.He was forced to retire fromTatmadawin 1961 after a public disagreement with GeneralNe Win,on the military's long-term role in government.
He then served asBurmese ambassador to France,Australia, Egypt, Spain and New Zealand from 1961 to 1975. Subsequent to his posting in Australia, He served in Egypt and then in Paris until his retirement from government service in 1975. He settled inRangoon,where in 1988 public demonstrations erupted that eventually spread across the country. The people of Burma were tired of the authoritarian rule of theBurma Socialist Programme Party.[7]
Political career[edit]
Aung Shwe foundedNational League for DemocracyParty withTin Ooand secretary-general,Aung San Suu Kyion 27 September 1988. He was a leading member of the NLD and also chairman of thePatriotic Old Comrades' League(POCL) in 1988.
He was elected as the MP forYangon RegionMayangon TownshipConstituency No. 1 in the1990 Myanmar general election.He was also chairman of the Committee Representing the People's Parliament (CRPP), a group of successful candidates in the 1990 elections.[8][9]
Personal life and death[edit]
He died on 13 August 2017 at Victoria Hospital inYangon,Myanmar.He is survived by his three sons and three daughters namely Aung Than Shwe, Than Pe Shwe, Aung Myint Shwe, Yuzana Shwe, Myinzu Shwe and Sabai Shwe.[10][11]
References[edit]
- ^"ဗိုလ်မှူးချုပ် သရေစည်သူ အောင်ရွှေ(၁၉၁၈-၂ဝ၁၇)".BBC Burmese.14 August 2017.Retrieved14 August2017.
- ^ab"Myanmar ruling party's former president U Aung Shwe dies".Xinhua News Agency.2017-08-14. Archived fromthe originalon August 14, 2017.
- ^"Funeral of NLD ex-chairman to be held on August 17".Eleven Media Group.2017-08-16. Archived fromthe originalon 2017-08-16.Retrieved2017-08-16.
- ^"The Khaki Guardians of The NLD".The Irrawaddy.2017-08-15.Retrieved2017-08-16.
- ^Nanda (16 August 2017)."ထိုင်ခုံပူပေါ်က ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ".7Day News.Archived fromthe originalon 19 September 2017.Retrieved16 August2017.
- ^"Letters from Burma by Aung San Suu Kyi".Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.Archived fromthe originalon 2017-08-14.
- ^"NLD Secretary U Lwin Suffers Stroke, Chairman Aung Shwe also Ill".The Irrawaddy News.2008-10-22.
- ^"NLD ဥက္ကဌဟောင်း ဦးအောင်ရွှေ ကွယ်လွန်".VOA Burmese News(in Burmese). 2017-08-13.
- ^"ကွယ်လွန်သူ ဦးအောင်ရွှေအပေါ် လွှတ်တော်အမတ်ဟောင်းတချို့ရဲ့ သုံးသပ်ချက်".VOA Burmese News(in Burmese). 2017-08-13.
- ^"NLD ပါတီ ဥက္ကဋ္ဌဟောင်း ဦးအောင်ရွှေ ကွယ်လွန်".BBC News(in Burmese). 2017-08-13.
- ^Mizzima NewsFormer NLD chairman U Aung Shwe passes away