Lei Lei Maw

Lei Lei Maw
လဲ့လဲ့မော်
3rd Chief Minister of Tanintharyi Region
In office
30 March 2016 (2016-03-30) – 11 March 2019
Appointed byPresident of Myanmar
PresidentHtin Kyaw
Win Myint
Preceded byMyat Ko
Succeeded byKyaw Zaya (Acting)
Member of the Taninthayi Region Hluttaw
Assumed office
8 February 2016
ConstituencyThayetchaung Township № 1
Personal details
Born1965 (age 58–59)[1]
Thayetchaung, Taninthayi Division, Burma
NationalityBurmese
Political partyNational League for Democracy
SpouseTun Min
Children4
OccupationPolitician, Medical doctor
CabinetTanintharyi Region Government

Lei Lei Maw (Burmese: လဲ့လဲ့မော်; also spelt Lae Lae Maw) is a Burmese politician and a medical doctor who served as Chief Minister of Tanintharyi Region and Taninthayi Region Parliament MP for Thayetchaung Township Constituency No. 1. She was removed from her chief minister position for corruption on 11 March 2019. She is one of only two women chief ministers appointed by President Htin Kyaw. People called her Jayalalitha of Myanmar.

Lei Lei Maw is the first chief minister to be charged with corruption since the NLD government, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, took power in 2016.[2]

  1. ^ Aung, San Yamin (29 March 2016). "Tenasserim Chief Minister Lei Lei Maw: 'We Will Rebuild Our Country'". The Irrawaddy.
  2. ^ "Myanmar's regional chief minister relieved of duty on corruption charge". Xinhua News Agency. 12 March 2019. Archived from the original on June 1, 2019.