Sandar Min

Sandar Min (Burmese: စ ာမင်း, also spelt Sanda Min; born 5 November 1968)
is a Burmese politician and former political prisoner who currently serves as a
Sandar Min
Yangon Region Hluttaw MP for Seikkyi Kanaungto Township № 1 constituency. စ ာမင်း
She previously served as a House of Representatives MP for Zabuthiri Township Member of the Yangon Region
constituency.[3][4] Hluttaw
Incumbent
Assumed office
Contents 8 February 2016
Preceded by Myint Swe
Early life and education
Political career
Constituency Seikkyi Kanaungto
Township № 1
References
Member of the Pyithu Hluttaw
External links
In office
2 May 2012 – 29 January 2016
Early life and education Preceded by Thein Sein

Sandar was born on 5 November 1968 in Rangoon, Myanmar. She graduated

Succeeded by Zayar Thaw
with B.Sc. (Chemistry) from Rangoon Arts and Sciences University. Constituency Zabuthiri Township
Personal details
Political career Born 5 November
1968[1]
Sandar Min first became involved in politics during the 1988 uprisings. At the
Rangoon, Myanmar
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" Nationality Burmese
student group, which coordinated the student movement and acted as security for Political party National League for
democracy icon and NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi. As a result, Sandar Min Democracy
was arrested and sent to prison. She was released on 13 January 2012, as part of Spouse(s) Maung Maung
a national amnesty, after spending 5 years in jail, after protesting fuel price hikes
Children Han Htoo Bala
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] Parents Win Myint (father)
Nu Nu Kyin
Sandar became a member of the National League for Democracy. In the 2012 (mother)
Burmese by-elections, she contested the Zabuthiri Township constituency for a
Residence Bahan Township,
seat in the Pyithu Hluttaw, the country's lower house, and won the seat that
Yangon,
Thein Sein vacated in 2011 to become President of Burma.[6]
Myanmar[2]
In the 2015 Myanmar general election, she was elected as a Yangon Region Alma mater Rangoon Arts and
Hluttaw representative from Seikkyi Kanaungto Township № 1 parliamentary Sciences University
constituency. She is the heads of regional parliament's Finance, Planning and (B.Sc. Chemistry)[1]
Economic Committee. She accused her colleagues in the region government of Occupation Politician
jeopardizing economic growth and putting thousands of labourers out of work,
Website www.sandarmin
after they suspended construction at all projects with nine floors or more.[7]
.com (http://www.sa
 ndarmin.com)
References
1. "About Sandar" (http://www.sandarmin.com/?page_id=2). Sandar Min. National League for Democracy.
Retrieved 3 April 2012.
2. "Sandar Min" (https://web.archive.org/web/20110302212958/http://www.aappb.org//bio_pdf/Sandar_Min_aka_Sh
wee_bio_2_July_2009.pdf) (PDF). Political Prisoner Profile. Assistance Association for Political Prisoners
(Burma). 2 July 2009. Archived from the original (http://www.aappb.org/bio_pdf/Sandar_Min_aka_Shwee_bio_2_
July_2009.pdf) (PDF) on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
3. Kyaw Myo Win (2 April 2012). "Winning NLD candidate list announced in state tv" (https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=JO0jM7ymHE0). MRTV. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
4. Myo Thant (18 January 2012). "88-student, hip-hop singer file to run" (https://web.archive.org/web/20120404075
932/http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/6441-88-student-hip-hop-singer-file-to-run.html). Mizzima.
Archived from the original (http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/6441-88-student-hip-hop-singer-file-to-ru
n.html) on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
5. George, William Llyod (22 March 2012). "Sandar Min, former political prisoner, runs in Burma election" (http://ww
w.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/120319/burma-myanmar-elections-ex-political-prisoner-san
dar-min). 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' " (https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/nld-mp-daw-sandar-min-we-do-not-want-to-see-m
arriage-between-bengali-people-and-myanmar-people). Frontier Myanmar.
7. Tin Yadanar Htun and Zayar Linn (29 July 2016). "Yangon high-rise review divides officials" (https://www.mmtime
s.com/business/property-news/21654-yangon-high-rise-review-divides-officials.html). The Myanmar Times.

External links
Sandar Min (https://www.facebook.com/100012273513105) on Facebook

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