Nay Shwe Thway Aung
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Nay Shwe Thway Aung | |
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| Born | 22 May 1991 |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Other names | Phoe La Pyae |
| Occupation | Business tycoon |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Parent(s) | Nay Soe Maung Kyi Kyi Shwe |
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Nay Shwe Thway Aung (Burmese: နေရွှေသွေးအောင်, also known as Phoe La Pyae; born 22 May 1991) is a Burmese business tycoon[1], the grandson of Senior General Than Shwe, Myanmar's dictator and formerly head of a military junta. He is one of the business tycoons in the list of individuals who provide political and financial support for Myanmar's ruling regime and government.[2][3][4][5][6]
Early life and family
Nay Shwe Thway Aung was born in Yangon in the ruling family of Myanmar.[7] He is the only son of Nay Soe Maung, an army doctor and his wife Kyi Kyi Shwe, a daughter of the head of state, Than Shwe. He attended high school at Practising School Yangon Institute of Education and enrolled in West Yangon Technological University.[8][9][10]
Business holding
Nay Shwe Thway Aung is a major broker between the regime officials and business leaders. He has earned a reputation as being one of the most notorious members of the ruling family. He has been accused of ordering military officers, serving as his assistants, to carry out attacks on business rivals, and even top generals are said to be wary of displeasing him.[11]
Political ambitions
Nay Shwe Thway Aung was thought to be lined up take over from his grandfather, Than Shwe, and take a leadership position within Myanmar's government.[12][13]
On his 20th Birthday, Nay Shwe Thway Aung said "I will not succeed ruling authority from my grandfather Than Shwe."[14] In 2011, Than Shwe officially stepped down as head of state in favour of his hand-picked successor, Thein Sein to President of Burma.
On 4 December 2015, Nay Shwe Thway Aung and his grandfather Than Shwe met with Aung San Suu Kyi, he pledged to support her if she continues to work for the development of the country.[15][16][17][18][19]
References
- ^ "Partial List of Cronies Who Provide Political and Financial Support for Burma's Ruling Regime; Prepared by Aung Din, U.S. Campaign for Burma, June 2011/Nay Shwe Thway Aung No.28" (PDF). burmapartnership.org. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "Senior General's Grandson Orders Attack on Business Rival". The Irrawaddy. 21 December 2010.
- ^ "Than Shwe’s Grandson: Geek, Playboy or Gangster?". The Irrawaddy. 23 September 2009.
- ^ "What a signed banknote tells us about Myanmar's next leadership". BBC News. 7 December 2015.
- ^ "Rumours of model and Than Shwe's grandson eloping untrue". The Myanmar Times. 11 July 2013.
- ^ "Burmese Media Lead with Than Shwe's Favorites". The Irrawaddy. 14 December 2009.
- ^ "Burmese dictator". Myanmar Image.
- ^ "University Privileges Granted to Than Shwe's Grandson". The Irrawaddy. 9 January 2008.
- ^ Rogers, Benedict (May 2010). "Than Shwe: Unmasking Burma's Tyrant". Than Shwe: Unmasking Burma’s Tyrant-Google Book. ISBN 9781628404791.
- ^ "Publisher Sidelines CEO Who Alleged Threats by Than Shwe's Grandson". The Irrawaddy. 21 October 2013.
- ^ Wai Moe (23 December 2010). "Than Shwe's Son-in-law Named Ambassador to China". The Irrawaddy.
- ^ "ဖိုးလပြည့် (ခ) နေရွှေသွေးအောင် ပြောတဲ့ သူနဲ့သူ၏မေမေအကြောင်း". Cele Kabar (in Burmese). 20 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Myanmar's "Big State Secret"" (PDF). Global Witness. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "နေရွှေသွေးအောင် အကြောင်း". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 16 November 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်၊ ဖိုးလပြည့်နဲ့ သတင်းမီဒီယာ လောက". Mizzima News. 20 November 2015.
- ^ "တိုင်းပြည်အတွက် ကျရာကဏ္ဍက ကူညီမယ်လို့ ဖိုးလပြည့်ပြော". Mizzima News. 26 November 2015.
- ^ "President Aung San Suu Kyi? Probably Not Yet". cogitAsia. 15 December 2015.
- ^ "ဖိုးလပြည့်နှင့် တွေ့ဆုံခဲ့ဟု ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် အတည်ပြု". Mizzima News. 26 November 2015.
- ^ "Grandson of ex-dictator snr-gen Than Shwe has met Daw Aung San Suu Kyi". Democracy for burma.