Opposition (Myanmar)
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| Parliamentary Leader of the Opposition of Burma | |
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| Term length | While leader of the largest party not in government |
The Parliamentary Leader of the Opposition of Burma is the political parties represented in the Assembly of the Union that are not in government either on their own or as part of a governing coalition.
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Leader of the Opposition[edit]
As in nearly every parliamentary democracy around the world, the Leader of the Opposition comes from the political party with the largest number of seats in the Parliament yet is not in government. The Leader of the Opposition is often seen as a President-in-waiting.
List of Leaders of the Opposition since 2011[edit]
| Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term of Office | Political Party | Assembly | President | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took Office | Left Office | Days | |||||||
| Sai Ai Pao (b. ?) |
30 March 2011 | 12 May 2012 | 409 | Shan Nationalities Democratic Party | 1 (2010) | Thein Sein | |||
| Aung San Suu Kyi[1] (b. 1945) |
12 May 2012 | Incumbent | 1258 | National League for Democracy | |||||
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References[edit]
- ^ "Aung San Suu Kyi re-elected leader of Burma's opposition party". The Guardian. Associated Press. Retrieved 7 December 2013.