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Profiles of Union Election Commission Members

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Shortly after the promulgation of the Union Election Commission Law in March, Burma's junta appointed a Union Election Commission of 18 members. The commission is led by former major-general Thein Soe, who has served as a military judge advocate-general and deputy chief justice of the Supreme Court. The Irrawaddy compiled brief profiles of several of the commission members and will be updating the list as further details arrive.

No

Name

Position

Profile

Photo

1

Thein Soe

Chairman

A former major-general who served as a military judge advocate-general and later as deputy chief justice of the Supreme Court. He was also a member of the commission that drafted the 2008 Constitution.

Thein-Soe

2

Win Ko

Secretary

Joint Secretary of Commission for Drafting State Constitution and Director General of the former multi-party General Election Commission. He has a master's degree in law.

 

3

N Zaw Naw

Member

A Kachin national and former district law officer in Myitkyina, capital of Kachin State. He also served on the commission that drafted the 2008 constitution.

 

4

Khin Maung Nu

Member

N/A

 

5

Saw Ba Hlaing

Member

N/A

 

6

Dr. Ba Maung

Member

A former director-general of the Historical Research Department.

 

7

Nyunt Tin

Member

N/A

 

8

Maung Tha Hla

Member

N/A

 

9

Dr. Sai Khan Hlaing

Member

N/A

 

10

Aung Myint



 

Member

A former member of the Civil Service Selection and Training Board and an ex-director of the military-owned Myanmar [Burma] Economic Holdings Limited. In 1962, he joined the Burmese Air Force as a lieutenant rising to the rank of Lt-Colonel. He also served in the office of the Judge Advocate General after gaining his certificate of advocateship in the late 1970s.

 

Aung-Myint

 

11

Myint Naing

Member

A former Deputy Attorney General.

Myint-Naing

12

Dr. Tin Aung Aye

Member

A former Supreme Court judge who also served on the constitution-drafting commission. He was earlier a professor and rector of Rangoon University.

Dr_Tin_Aung_Aye_EC_member

13

Dr. Myint Kyi

Member

A former head of the department of international relations at Rangoon University. She also served as chairwoman of the Myanmar [Burma] Women's Affairs Federation.

 

14

Khin Hla Myint

Member

N/A

 

15

Tha Oo

Member

NA

 

16

Dr. Maung Htoo

Member

A retired professor and former rector of Monywa University, Sagaing Division.

 

17

Tha Htay

Member

N/A

 

18

Win Kyi

Member

N/A

 

 

Quotable

Nyan_win80"Once her [Aung San Suu Kyi's] sentence expires in November, and that notion is not disputed, it is our understanding that she will have served her sentence."
—Nyan Win, the foreign minister of Burma

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