Aung Moe Nyo

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His Excellency
Dr
Aung Moe Nyo
အောင်မိုးညို
2nd Chief Minister of Magway Region
Assumed office
30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)
Appointed byPresident of Myanmar
PresidentHtin Kyaw
Preceded byPhone Maw Shwe
Personal details
Alma materYangon Institute of Medicine (G.1982)
CabinetMagway Region Government

Aung Moe Nyo (Burmese: အောင်မိုးညို), a doctor, is a Burmese politician who currently serves as Chief Minister of Magway Region, the head of the Magway Region Government. He was elected from NLD in the former elections and re-elected in the 2015 election and became the chief minister in 2016.

Early life and education[]

Aung Moe Nyo graduated from Rangoon Institute of Medicine in 1982 and started his own clinic in 1984.[1]

Political career[]

He won a seat in the 1990 election, capturing 74 percent of the vote. He was one of the NLD MPs-elect who were arrested in 1998 and kept without trial in military prisons referred to as “guesthouses”. He was released in 2001 and was elected as a lower house MP in the 2012 by-election.[1]

He was re-elected in 2015 for Pwintbyu Township. He has promised to prioritise resolving land-grab cases. He became chief minister of Magway region in 2016.[1]

In the wake of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état on 1 February, Aung Moe Nyo was detained by the Myanmar Armed Forces.[2] As of October 2021, authorities had charged Aung Moe Nyo with corruption, bribery, and incitement.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Meet your chief ministers". The Myanmar Times. 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  2. ^ "Recent Arrest List" (PDF). Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. 4 February 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-02-04.
  3. ^ "Junta hits Magway Region chief minister with new corruption charge". Myanmar NOW. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
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