Kyaw Zeya

For the Chief Minister, see Kyaw Zaya.
Kyaw Zeya
Member of the Yangon Region Hluttaw
In office
3 February 2016 – 31 January 2021
ConstituencyDagon Township № 2[1]
Personal details
Born (1956-01-25) 25 January 1956 (age 68)
NationalityBurmese
Political partyPeople's Pioneer Party
ChildrenMoe Yan Zun
Parent(s)Myint Swe (father)
Khin Thein (mother)
EducationB.A (L.L.B)

Kyaw Zeya (Burmese: ကျော်ဇေယျ, also spelt Kyaw Zayya; born 25 January 1956) is a Burmese politician and a retired lieutenant colonel in the armed forces who was served as a Member of Parliament in the Yangon Region Hluttaw for Dagon Township No. 2 constituency.[2] He also served on the board of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited, a major conglomerate run by the military, for 10 years.[2] He was a member of the National League for Democracy until 2019 when he went on to join People's Pioneer Party.[2][3][4]

He left from National League for Democracy in 2019 and he joined People's Pioneer Party founded by his colleague, Thet Thet Khine,[5] as the vice chairman while as serving as the Human Resources Committee Chair of her party.

Political career

He was a member of the National League for Democracy. In the 2015 Myanmar general election, he contesting for Yangon Region Hluttaw from Dagon Township No. 2 parliamentary constituency, won a seat.[6] Kyaw Zeya serves as a member of the Yangon Region Parliament's Finance, Planning and Economic Committee.

He became the Vice Chairman of People's Pioneer Party.[7] He also serves as Chairman of Human Resources Committee in the PPP together with Thura Aung.[8]

References

  1. ^ "ဦးေက်ာ္ေဇယ်/" (in Burmese). Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Khin Moh Moh Lwin and Thaw Zin Myo (4 November 2020). "The PPP, a party of NLD defectors, military men, and ultranationalists". Myanmar Now.
  3. ^ "The Myanmar Times" (in Burmese). Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  4. ^ "တိုင်းဒေသကြီးအစိုးရအဖွဲ့၏ကတိကဝတ်၊အာမခံချက်များနှင့်လွှတ်တော်အခွင့်ရေးကော်မတီ" (in Burmese). Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  5. ^ Party, People's Pioneer (2019). "PPP Party". Eleven Media.
  6. ^ "Elections Results – Global New Light Of Myanmar". Myanmar1329.rssing.com. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  7. ^ Party, People's Pioneer (2019). "PPP". Eleven Media.
  8. ^ Aung, Thura (2015). "Thura Aung". Sphere Project. Retrieved 5 July 2020.


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