Aye Maung

Dr
Aye Maung
အေးမောင်
Member of the Pyithu Hluttaw
for Ann
In office
2 April 2017 – 20 May 2020
Preceded byThein Swe
ConstituencyAnn
Member of the Amyotha Hluttaw
In office
1 February 2011 – 31 January 2016
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byMaung Thin
ConstituencyRakhine State № 1[1]
Personal details
Born (1957-11-01) 1 November 1957 (age 67)
Bandarban
NationalityMyanmar
Political partyArakan Front Party (2018–present)

Rakhine Nationalities Development Party (2010–14)
Arakan National Party (2014–17)

Independent (2017–18)
OccupationPolitician

Aye Maung (Burmese: အေးမောင် [ʔé màʊɴ]) is a Burmese politician and was the chairperson of the Arakan National Party, one of Myanmar's ethnic political parties.[2] He is currently the leader of the Arakan Front Party.[3] He is a staunch nationalist known for his hardline stance against the Rohingya people, having tirelessly campaigned against the minority group and having been involved in instigating attacks against them in the communal violence in 2012.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Myanmar Elections 2010". Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  2. ^ Mratt Kyaw Thu (June 26, 2015). "Rakhine National Party in 'chaos'". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  3. ^ "ဗဟိုအကြံပေးကောင်စီ ဖွဲ့စည်းခြင်း". Arakan Front Party Blog. March 13, 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  4. ^ van den Assum, Laetitia; Chutikul, Kobsak (6 March 2021). "Myanmar's coup stalls settlement of Rohingya saga". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  5. ^ Kyaw Ye, Lynn (6 March 2021). "Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state in post-election dilemma". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 28 May 2021.