Sandar Min

Sandar Min (Burmese: စန္ဒာမင်း, also spelt Sanda Min; born 5 November 1968) is a Burmese politician and former political prisoner who currently serves as a Yangon Region Hluttaw MP for Seikkyi Kanaungto Township № 1 constituency. She previously served as a House of Representatives MP for Zabuthiri Township constituency.[3][4]

Sandar Min
စန္ဒာမင်း
Member of the Yangon Region Hluttaw
Assumed office
8 February 2016
Preceded byMyint Swe
ConstituencySeikkyi Kanaungto Township № 1
Member of the Pyithu Hluttaw
In office
2 May 2012 – 29 January 2016
Preceded byThein Sein
Succeeded byZayar Thaw
ConstituencyZabuthiri Township
Personal details
Born (1968-11-05) 5 November 1968[1]
Rangoon, Myanmar
NationalityBurmese
Political partyNational League for Democracy
Spouse(s)Maung Maung
ChildrenHan Htoo Bala
ParentsWin Myint (father)
Nu Nu Kyin (mother)
ResidenceBahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar[2]
Alma materRangoon Arts and Sciences University
(B.Sc. Chemistry)[1]
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.sandarmin.com

Early life and education

Sandar was born on 5 November 1968 in Rangoon, Myanmar. She graduated with B.Sc. (Chemistry) from Rangoon Arts and Sciences University.

Political career

Sandar Min first became involved in politics during the 1988 uprisings. At the time, she was studying chemistry and joined thousands of students who took to the streets demanding an end to military rule. She was part of the "Tri-Color" student group, which coordinated the student movement and acted as security for democracy icon and NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi. As a result, Sandar Min was arrested and sent to prison. She was released on 13 January 2012, as part of a national amnesty, after spending 5 years in jail, after protesting fuel price hikes with the 88 Generation Students Group in 2007.[5] Sanda Min has spent several stints in prison for her political work: 1989 to 1992, 1996, and 2007 to 2012.[1]

Sandar became a member of the National League for Democracy. In the 2012 Burmese by-elections, she contested the Zabuthiri Township constituency for a seat in the Pyithu Hluttaw, the country's lower house, and won the seat that Thein Sein vacated in 2011 to become President of Burma.[6]

In the 2015 Myanmar general election, she was elected as a Yangon Region Hluttaw representative from Seikkyi Kanaungto Township № 1 parliamentary constituency. She is the heads of regional parliament's Finance, Planning and Economic Committee. She accused her colleagues in the region government of jeopardizing economic growth and putting thousands of labourers out of work, after they suspended construction at all projects with nine floors or more.[7]

References
  1. "About Sandar". Sandar Min. National League for Democracy. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  2. "Sandar Min" (PDF). Political Prisoner Profile. Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma). 2 July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  3. Kyaw Myo Win (2 April 2012). "Winning NLD candidate list announced in state tv". MRTV. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  4. Myo Thant (18 January 2012). "88-student, hip-hop singer file to run". Mizzima. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  5. George, William Llyod (22 March 2012). "Sandar Min, former political prisoner, runs in Burma election". Global Post. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  6. Jeroen de Bakker (23 July 2015). "NLD MP Daw Sandar Min: 'We do not want to see marriage between Bengali people and Myanmar people'". Frontier Myanmar.
  7. Tin Yadanar Htun and Zayar Linn (29 July 2016). "Yangon high-rise review divides officials". The Myanmar Times.
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