Nationality Burmese Alma mater University of Yangon Deputy Aye Tha Aung | Spouse(s) Nant Kyin Kyi | |
Born April 23, 1952 (age 64)Hinthada Township, Ayeyarwady Division, Burma (now Myanmar) ( 1952-04-23 ) Similar Tin Oo, Aung San Suu Kyi, Win Tin | ||
Mahn Win Khaing Than (Burmese: မန်းဝင်းခိုင်သန်း [máɴ wɪ́ɴ kʰàɪɴ θáɴ] and also spelt Mahn Win Khine Than or Mann Win Khaing Than; born: 23 April 1952) is a Burmese politician and lawyer of Karen descent. He presently serves as the incumbent Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw, the upper house of the Myanmar parliament. In the 2015 election, he contested and won the Kayin State № 8 constituency for a seat in the country's upper house.
Personal life and political career
Mahn Win Khaing Than graduated from the Rangoon Arts and Science University with a law degree in 1975. He is an ethnic Karen and formerly served as the secretary of the Karen Literature and Culture Association, and joined the Union Karen League in 1990, which contested in the elections that same year. He joined the National League for Democracy in 2013 and contested for the first time in the 2015 election.
He is the grandson of Mahn Ba Khaing, who served as Minister for Industry and Minister for Labor in the pre-independence cabinet of the AFPFL government, and was assassinated alongside Aung San, father of Aung San Suu Kyi in 1947 in Yangon.