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Brookings Institution (blog)
April 5, 2018
Myanmar stands at a critical crossroads in its democratic transition. In late March, the Union Parliament elected former Speaker of the Lower House U Win Myint as the country's new president. U Win Myint is a longtime member of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) and a trusted partner ofÃâà...
The Economist
April 5, 2018
But three years ago she was asked to run for parliament by the National League for Democracy (NLD), the political party led by Aung San Suu Kyi, the activist whose long campaign for democracy was instrumental in ending military rule in Myanmar. She enthusiastically answered the call, and won.
Eleven Myanmar
April 1, 2018
The founding fathers of the National League for Democracy as well as those in the first generation who participated in the struggle for democracy can justifiably be proud of the fact that we have been able to appoint a President, from among what may be regarded as the second generation, who is able toÃâà...
Radio Free Asia
March 29, 2018
In February 2017, about 100 Letpadaung residents blocked access to the mine, demanding they be given the 1,900 acres of land they were supposed to receive according to recommendations made earlier by a parliamentary commission led by National League for Democracy party leader Aung San SuuÃâà...
The Knife Media
March 29, 2018
Kyaw became president after the National League for Democracy (NLD) party won a majority in parliament in the 2015 elections. After the elections, Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the NLD, took the position of state counselor. She was not allowed to serve as president under the country's constitution,Ãâà...
The Hindu
March 28, 2018
Like his predecessor, Htin Kyaw, who retired last week for reasons of ill health, Mr. Win Myint (66) is a Suu Kyi loyalist of many years and a stalwart member of her National League for Democracy (NLD). This affiliation earned him a brief spell as a political prisoner more than two decades ago under theÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
March 28, 2018
YANGON — The ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) and Myanmar's military, or Tatmadaw, held separate events to mark the 73rd anniversary of Armed Forces Day on Tuesday and shared very different ideas about how to build peace and achieve national reconciliation. While the Tatmadaw saidÃâà...
Frontier Myanmar
March 28, 2018
IN A MAJOR development in the Pyithu Hluttaw, deputy speaker U T Khun Myat was elected as speaker on March 22, replacing U Win Myint, a stalwart of the National League for Democracy, who had resigned the previous day to contest the presidency. T Khun Myat, 68, a Kachin, won the Shan State seatÃâà...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
March 28, 2018
Like his predecessor, Htin Kyaw, who retired last week due to ill health, Win Myint, 66, is a longtime Suu Kyi loyalist and a stalwart member of her National League for Democracy party, an affiliation that earned him a brief spell as a political prisoner more than two decades ago under the previous militaryÃâà...
Daily News & Analysis
March 27, 2018
Spokesman of Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) U Myo Nyunt has rebuffed reports of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi retiring in the near future. "There are reports that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi would retire. I didn't say that. I said she would be able to retire soon if party membersÃâà...
Eleven Myanmar
March 26, 2018
He served as the secretary of Danubyu Township National League for Democracy and the secretary of Ayeyawady Region as well as CEC member of the NLD. He is currently running as a CEC member of ruling NLD party as well as a secretariat member. Win Myint was nominated as a MP of Lower HouseÃâà...
KPAX-TV
March 26, 2018
December 13, 2011 - The National League for Democracy is granted permission to register for future elections in Myanmar. April 1, 2012 - Suu Kyi wins a seat in parliament in the first multi-party elections since 1990. April 13, 2012 - British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives in Myanmar. He is the firstÃâà...
Myanmar Times
March 26, 2018
The election of former Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Win Myint as vice president last Friday, virtually assured him the position as the country's next president with the majority of the ruling the National League for Democracy (NLD) legislators expected to rally behind him during the voting on Wednesday.
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
March 25, 2018
NAYPYITAW — A spokesman for the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) on Sunday denied reports that State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi would be retiring any time soon. “There are reports that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi would retire. I didn't say that. I said she would be able to retire soon ifÃâà...
Radio Free Asia
March 24, 2018
Win Myint, a trusted member of Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi's inner circle and a member of the National League for Democracy's (NLD) central executive committee, won 273 of lawmakers' 304 votes. Win Myint, who represents Yangon region's Tamwe township in parliament, has beenÃâà...
The Spokesman-Review
March 24, 2018
Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party used its majority in the lower house to elect Win Myint as the new vice president, joining the two existing vice presidents selected two years ago by the upper house and the military, respectively. One of the vice presidents gets to serve as president,Ãâà...
Eleven Myanmar
December 31, 1999
Ruling party of National League for Democracy has not closely made political cooperation with other ethnic political parties any longer since it came to power, said Sai Nyunt Lwin, General Secretary of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy. The NLD made in political cooperation with ethnic politicalÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Not everyone in the National League for Democracy favors such harsh treatment. U Nyan Win, secretary of the party's central executive committee, said in an interview that the charges against Mr. Wa Lone and Mr. Kyaw Soe Oo should be dismissed because they never reported on any official secrets.
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
December 31, 1999
By The Irrawaddy 20 March 2018. YANGON — National League for Democracy stalwart supporter and aide to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, U Win Htein, will return to Myanmar later this week after meeting with the State Counselor in Australia, according to sources close to his family. He left suddenly for Australia in January afterÃâà...
Myanmar Times
December 31, 1999
While the 2010 election that brought them to power was boycotted by the National League for Democracy (NLD), Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's decision to become a politician and run in the April 2012 by-election transformed the political landscape. She won a seat in parliament, and the NLD committed to participating in theÃâà...
CNN
December 31, 1999
Htin Kyaw, 71, was sworn in as Myanmar's official president in 2016 after Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party won landmark elections. During his two years in office he's essentially acted as a proxy for Suu Kyi, who is constitutionally barred from holding the presidency because herÃâà...
