Aung Shwe

Brigadier General Thray Sithu[1]
Aung Shwe
အောင်ရွှေ
President of the National League for Democracy
In office
22 December 1990 – 2010[2]
LeaderAung San Suu Kyi
Preceded byTin Oo
Succeeded byAung San Suu Kyi
Commander of Southern Command
In office
1954–1962
Commander of Northern Command
In office
1957–?
Member-elect of Pyithu Hluttaw (1990)
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyMayangon Township № 1
Majority66.62%
Personal details
Born(1919-05-19)19 May 1919
Rangoon, British Burma
Died13 August 2017(2017-08-13) (aged 98)
Yangon, Myanmar
Political partyBurma Socialist Party (before 1962)
Patriotic Old Comrades' League (1988-?)
National League for Democracy (1988–2010)
SpouseTin Tin Shwe
Childrenthree sons and three daughters
Parent(s)Phoe Con (father)
Thein Tin (mother)
Military service
Allegiance Burma
Branch/serviceMyanmar Army
Years of service1946–1962
Rank Brigadier General

Brigadier General Aung Shwe (Burmese: အောင်ရွှေ; 19 May 1919 – 13 August 2017) was a Burmese politician and a member of General Ne Win's Burma Rifles rising to Brigadier General. He was one of the founders and former President of the National League for Democracy who took charge of the party when Aung San Suu Kyi and Tin Oo were under house arrest in the early 1990s and 2000s.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "ဗိုလ်မှူးချုပ် သရေစည်သူ အောင်ရွှေ(၁၉၁၈-၂ဝ၁၇)". BBC Burmese. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Myanmar ruling party's former president U Aung Shwe dies". Xinhua News Agency. 2017-08-14. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017.
  3. ^ "Funeral of NLD ex-chairman to be held on August 17". Eleven Media Group. 2017-08-16. Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  4. ^ "The Khaki Guardians of The NLD". The Irrawaddy. 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  5. ^ Nanda (16 August 2017). "ထိုင်ခုံပူပေါ်က ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ". 7Day News. Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.