Mahn Win Khaing Than

In Burmese names, Mahn is an honorific, not a surname.
Mahn Win Khaing Than
မန်းဝင်းခိုင်သန်း
3rd Speaker of the Assembly of the Union
Assumed office
8 February 2016
Deputy Aye Thar Aung
Preceded by Shwe Mann
2nd Speaker of the House of Nationalities
Assumed office
3 February 2016
Deputy Aye Thar Aung
Preceded by Khin Aung Myint
Amyotha Hluttaw MP
Assumed office
3 February 2016
Constituency Kayin State № 8
Myawaddy Township
Personal details
Born (1952-04-23) April 23, 1952
Hinthada Township, Ayeyarwady Division, Burma (now Myanmar)
Nationality Burmese
Political party National League for Democracy
Spouse(s) Nant Kyin Kyi
Relations Mahn Ba Khaing (Grandfather)
Parents Mahn Than Shein, Nant Khin Htay Yee Khaing
Alma mater Rangoon Arts and Science University
Occupation Lawyer, Politician
Religion Christianity[1]

Mahn Win Khaing Than (Burmese: မန်းဝင်းခိုင်သန်း [máɴ wɪ́ɴ kʰàɪɴ θáɴ] and also spelt Mahn Win Khine Than or Mann Win Khaing Than; born: 23 April 1952) is a Burmese politician and lawyer of Karen descent. He presently serves as the incumbent Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw, the upper house of the Myanmar parliament. In the 2015 election, he contested and won the Kayin State № 8 constituency for a seat in the country's upper house.[2][3][3][4][5]

Personal life and political career

Mahn Win Khaing Than graduated from the Rangoon Arts and Science University with a law degree in 1975. He is an ethnic Karen and formerly served as the secretary of the Karen Literature and Culture Association, and joined the Union Karen League in 1990, which contested in the elections that same year. He joined the National League for Democracy in 2013 and contested for the first time in the 2015 election.[6]

He is the grandson of Mahn Ba Khaing, who served as Minister for Industry and Minister for Labor in the pre-independence cabinet of the AFPFL government, and was assassinated alongside Aung San, father of Aung San Suu Kyi in 1947 in Yangon.[3][7]

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