Karen National Party

Karen National Party
ကရင်အမျိုးသားပါတီ
ChairmanMan Thein Shwe
Secretary-GeneralMan Kyaw Nyein
FoundedOctober 24, 2014 (2014-10-24)[1]
HeadquartersInsein Township, Yangon Region, Myanmar
Membership5,000+[2]
IdeologyFederalism
Karen interests
ColoursRed, white, blue
Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw
0 / 224
Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw
0 / 440
Seats in the State and Regional Hluttaws
0 / 880
Ethnic Affairs Ministers
0 / 29
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The Karen National Party (S'gaw Karen: ကညီဒီကလုာ်ပၣ်တံၣ်, Burmese: ကရင်အမျိုးသားပါတီ; KNP) is a political party in Myanmar (Burma). The party was registered on 24 October 2014.[3] Despite being based in Yangon, the party only contested constituencies in Kayin State (Karen State) in the 2015 general election. After the government relaxed naming rules in 2012, the party changed its name from the then government approved "Kayin" National Party to the Karen National Party.[4]

  1. ^ "ကရင်အမျိုးသားပါတီ". 7Day News. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Karen National Party". Vote4Myanmar. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Karen National Party". Union Election Commission. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Elections 2015 - Parties: Karen National Party". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17.