Thein Nyunt (politician)

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Thein Nyunt (Burmese: သိန်းညွန့်) is a Burmese lawyer, columnist, and politician.^[2] He is currently a member of Myanmar's State Administration Council. A former member of the National League for Democracy (NLD), he founded the New National Democracy Party and co-founded the National Democratic Force (NDF) after splitting from the NLD. Thein Nyunt served as an MP for the Pyithu Hluttaw, representing Thingangyun Township, from 2011 to 2016.

Political career[]

Thein Nyunt won a parliamentary seat in the 1990 Myanmar general election, representing Thingangyun Township in Yangon.^[3] Thein Nyunt served as a member of the National League for Democracy's Central Executive Committee. In the lead-up to the 2020 Myanmar general election, Thein Nyunt left the NLD to co-found the National Democratic Force, a new political party, with Khin Maung Swe.^[4] The NDF contested the 2010 election, but Thein Nyunt later resigned due to internal party funding problems and ran as an independent. He won a Pyithu Hluttaw seat, representing Thingangyun Township.^[4] In July 2011, he announced that he had formed a new political party, the New National Democratic Party (NNDP), to contest the 2015 Myanmar general election.^[4] He ultimately lost the race to Shwe Hla Win, a member of the NLD.^[5]

In advance of the 2020 Myanmar general election, Thein Nyunt formed an alliance with the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP).^[6] The USDP pledged not to contest the Thingyangyun Township seat to improve Thein Nyunt's odds of winning the race.^[6] Thein Nyunt's son, Nay Aung, a co-founder of the NNDP, disavowed his father's military alliance, and reported the incident to the Union Election Commission.^[6] Thein Nyunt met with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Min Aung Hlaing before the 2020 election. He was appointed to the State Administration Council on 2 February 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.^[7]

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