State and Region Hluttaws
Burma (also known as Myanmar) is divided into twenty-one administrative subdivisions, which include seven states (ပြည်နယ်; pyi ne, IPA: [pjìnɛ̀]), seven regions (တိုင်းဒေသကြီး; taing detha gyi, IPA: [táiɴ dèθa̰ dʑí]), six self-administered zones and one self-administered division (Wa Self-Administered Division). The regions were called divisions prior to August 2010,[1]
Each State and Region has a State Hlutttaw or Regional Hlutttaw made up of elected civilian members and representatives of the Armed Forces. The Constitution of Myanmar grants the Myanmar Armed Forces' Commander-in-Chief the right to appoint military officials to 1/3 of parliament seats, based on the number of elected MPs. The number of seats in each State or Region Hluttaw depends on the number of townships (each township constituency has 2 MPs), as well as ethnic representatives. The largest Hluttaws are the Shan State and Yangon Region Hluttaws, with 143 and 123 seats respectively, while the smallest are the Kayah State and Kayin State Hluttaws, which have 20 and 22 respectively.
The Current Hlutttaws were elected in the Myanamr general election on 7 November 2010 and were first convened on 31 January 2011.[2] The majority party in all of the State and Region Hluttaws is the government-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), with the exception of Rakhine State Hluttaw, which is led by the Rakhine Nationalities Development Party. In July 2011, Maung Kyaw Thein, a Rakhine Nationalities Development Party MP representing Pauktaw Township, was disqualified by the Union Election Commission for allegedly defaming USDP and the State Peace and Development Council during the election campaign.[3]
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State Hluttaws[edit]
- Chin State Hluttaw
- Kachin State Hluttaw
- Kayah State Hluttaw
- Kayin State Hluttaw
- Mon State Hluttaw
- Rakhine State Hluttaw
- Shan State Hluttaw
Region Hluttaws[edit]
- Ayeyarwady Region Hluttaw
- Bago Region Hluttaw
- Magway Region Hluttaw
- Mandalay Region Hluttaw
- Sagaing Region Hluttaw
- Taninthayi Region Hluttaw
- Yangon Region Hluttaw
Leaders of the State and Regional Hluttaws in Burma[edit]
| Name | Party | Constituency | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kachin | |||
| Lajun Ngan Sai | USDP | Tanai 1 | Chairperson |
| Rawajon | USDP | Machanbaw 1 | Speaker |
| Sai Myint Kyaw | USDP | Phakant 2 | Deputy Speaker |
| Kayah | |||
| Khin Maung Oo | USDP | Bawlekhe 1 | Chairperson |
| Kyaw Swe | USDP | Loikaw 1 | Speaker |
| Maung Maung Aye | USDP | Shadaw 2 | Deputy Speaker |
| Karen | |||
| Brig. Gen. Zaw Min | Military | Chairperson | |
| Saw Aung Kyaw Min | USDP | Kyainseikkyi 1 | Speaker |
| Mahn Hla Myaing | USDP | Kawkereik 1 | Deputy Speaker |
| Chin | |||
| Hong Ngai | USDP | Mindap 2 | Chairperson |
| Hauk Khim Kham | USDP | Tunzan 2 | Speaker |
| Ohn Lwin | USDP | Matupi 1 | Deputy Speaker |
| Sagaing | |||
| Tin Ngwe | USDP | Wetlet 1 | Chairperson |
| Thin Hlaing | USDP | Kantbalu 1 | Speaker |
| Thaung Sein | USDP | Pale 2 | Deputy Speaker |
| Tanintharyi | |||
| Myat Ko | USDP | Dawei 2 | Chairperson |
| Htin Aung Kyaw | USDP | Pulaw 2 | Speaker |
| Nyi Win | USDP | Kawthaung 1 | Deputy Speaker |
| Bago | |||
| Nyan Win | USDP | Zigon 1 | Chairperson |
| Win Tin | USDP | Pegu 1 | Speaker |
| Win Myint Soe | USDP | Gyobinkauk 2 | Deputy Speaker |
| Magwe | |||
| Phone Maw Shwe | USDP | Minbu 1 | Chairperson |
| Ye Myint | USDP | Magwe 1 | Speaker |
| Saw Win Maung | USDP | Taungdwingyi 2 | Deputy Speaker |
| Mandalay | |||
| Aung Zan | USDP | Myingyan 2 | Chairperson |
| Win Maung | USDP | Taungtha 2 | Speaker |
| Aung Htay Kyaw | USDP | Pyinoolwin (May Myo) 1 | Deputy Speaker |
| Mon | |||
| Ohn Myint | USDP | Mudon 1 | Chairperson |
| Kyin Pe | USDP | Chaungson 2 | Speaker |
| Htay Lwin | USDP | Kyaikto 1 | Deputy Speaker |
| Rakhine | |||
| Maung Maung Ohn | Military | Chairperson | |
| Htein Lin | USDP | Gwa 1 | Speaker |
| Thar Nyunt | USDP | Manaung 2 | Deputy Speaker |
| Yangon | |||
| Maung Maung Win | USDP | Shwepyithar 1 | Chairperson |
| Sein Tin Win | USDP | Kungyankon 2 | Speaker |
| Tin Aung | USDP | Dagon myothit | Deputy Speaker |
| Shan | |||
| Sai Tun Yin | USDP | Taunggyi 1 | Chairperson |
| Sai Lone Sai | USDP | Kentung 1 | Speaker |
| Sai Kham Hmat | USDP | Lashio 2 | Deputy Speaker |
| Irrawaddy | |||
| Thein Aung | USDP | Ingapu 1 | Chairperson |
| San Tint | USDP | Yekyi 1 | Speaker |
| Dr. Htein Win | USDP | Kyaunggon 1 | Deputy Speaker |
| Source: Mizzima | |||
San Sint, Speaker of Ayeyarwady Region Hluttaw, was nominated as Minister of Religious Affairs by President Thein Sein on 31 January 2013 and sacked from that minister post on 19 June 2014.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "တိုင်းခုနစ်တိုင်းကို တိုင်းဒေသကြီးများအဖြစ် လည်းကောင်း၊ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ တိုင်းနှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ ဒေသများ ရုံးစိုက်ရာ မြို့များကို လည်းကောင်း ပြည်ထောင်စုနယ်မြေတွင် ခရိုင်နှင့်မြို့နယ်များကို လည်းကောင်း သတ်မှတ်ကြေညာ". Weekly Eleven News (in Burmese). 2010-08-20. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ "Burma's parliament opens new session". BBC News. 2011-01-31.
- ^ Ahunt Phone Myat (11 July 2011). "Rakhine MPs disqualified by ruling". Democratic Voice of Burma. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ "Hluttaw makes reluctant U San Sint a minister". www.mmtimes.com. Win Ko Ko Latt. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
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