Su Su Lwin
Su Su Lwin (Burmese: စစလွင် [suː suː lwɪ̀ɴ]; born 22 April 1952) is a Burmese
Her Excellency
politician and former First Lady of Myanmar (Burma). She has been the
Su Su Lwin
incumbent MP for Thongwa Township in the House of Representatives since 2
May 2012. She is the wife of Htin Kyaw, the 9th President of
Myanmar.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Contents
Early life and education
Career
Professional educator
Political career
First Lady
References
Early life and education
She spent her elementary school years in the United States. She is the daughter
of U Lwin, a former deputy prime minister of the Burma Socialist Programme
Party (BSPP) regime as well as the co-founder of the National League for
Democracy (NLD).[7][8][9] She studied at the Rangoon Institute of Education
and graduated with a M.A. degree, and holds a post-graduate degree from the
University of Sydney.[3]
She married Htin Kyaw in 1973. The couple have no children.[10]
Career
First Lady of Myanmar
In role
Professional educator 30 March 2016 – 21 March 2018
Su Su Lwin worked for over ten years at Burma’s education research bureau President Htin Kyaw
after her graduation. She worked for UNICEF from 1990 to 2005 and later
Preceded by Khin Khin Win
served as a freelance consultant for monastic education programs. She founded a
Succeeded by Khin Thet Htay
local non-profit organization called Hantha Educators in 2006 that partnered
(Acting)
with local influential monks and focused on improving traditional monastic
education, early childhood care and development programs. Her organization Pyithu Hluttaw MP
stressed the importance of child-centered teaching and critical thinking.[5] Incumbent
Assumed office
2 May 2012
Political career
Preceded by Myint Maung
Constituency Thongwa Township
Su Su Lwin was elected for a parliamentary seat in the lower house (Pyithu Personal details
Hluttaw)'s Thongwa Township constituency, in 2012 by-elections and 2015 Born 22 April 1952
general election. She helped to draft the controversial National Education Bill, Yangon, Burma
which in 2015 resulted in nationwide student protests. She previously served as
Political party National League for
Chairperson of the International Relations Committee of the House of
Democracy
Representatives.[5][11]
Spouse(s) Htin Kyaw
(m. 1973)
First Lady Residence Presidential
She became the first lady of Myanmar when her husband became the president. Palace, Naypyidaw
Alma mater University of
References Yangon
University of
1. "လတ်ေတာ်အမတ်များ - ေဒ စစလွင်" (http://first.omimyanmar.org/omi/me Sydney
mber/view/5318627aad17d722208b456b). Open Myanmar Initiative.
Yangon Institute of
Retrieved 15 March 2016.
Education
2. Aung Hla Tun (10 March 2016). "Presidency beckons for Suu Kyi
confidant after two months in party" (https://www.reuters.com/article/
us-myanmar-politics-president-idUSKCN0WC0G2). Reuters News.
Retrieved 10 March 2016.
3. "ြပည်သ့လတ်ေတာ်" (https://archive.is/20160327170534/http://www.pyith
uhluttaw.gov.mm/?q=representative/%E1%80%B1%E1%80%92%E
1%81%9A%E1%80%85%E1%80%AF%E1%80%85%E1%80%AF%
E1%80%9C%E1%80%BC%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9).
www.pyithuhluttaw.gov.mm. Archived from the original (http://www.py
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MP
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25B9) on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
4. "ေဒ စစလွင် ြပည်သ့ လတ်ေတာ်" (http://www.pyithuhluttaw.gov.mm/?q=re
presentative/%E1%80%B1%E1%80%92%E1%81%9A%E1%80%8
5%E1%80%AF%E1%80%85%E1%80%AF%E1%80%9C%E1%80%
BC%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9).
5. "Su Su Lwin: Not 'The' Lady, but Rather Burma's Next 'First' Lady" (h
ttp://www.irrawaddy.com/feature/profiles/su-su-lwin-not-the-lady-but-r
ather-burmas-next-first-lady.html). The Irrawaddy.
6. Htoo Thant, Lun Min Mang (1 April 2016). "First Lady to remain an
MP" (http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/19796-first-l Su Su Lwin with Htin Kyaw during
ady-to-remain-an-mp.html). The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 4 April the State visit to India
2016.
7. Ei Ei Toe Lwin. "Daw Suu eyes foreign minister role" (http://www.mmt
imes.com/index.php/in-depth/19202-daw-suu-eyes-foreign-minister-r
ole.html).
8. "NLD Dropped a Name List to Lead Its New Government" (https://we
b.archive.org/web/20160324031859/http://www.burmatimes.net/nld-d
ropped-a-name-list-to-lead-its-new-government/). The Burma Times.
Archived from the original (http://www.burmatimes.net/nld-dropped-a
-name-list-to-lead-its-new-government/) on 2016-03-24.
9. "Myanmar Starts New Parliamentarye Era" (http://www.bangkokpost.
com/opinion/opinion/846496/myanmar-starts-new-parliamentary-
era). The Bangkok Post. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
10. Ei Ei Toe Lwin. "Who is President U Htin Kyaw?" (http://www.mmtime
s.com/index.php/national-news/nay-pyi-taw/19714-who-is-president-
u-htin-kyaw.html).
11. "Su Su Lwin Concentrates on New Role as Burma's First Lady" (htt
p://www.irrawaddy.com/burma/su-sulwin-concentrates-on-new-role-a
s-burmas-first-lady.html). The Irrawaddy.
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