Sultan Mahmud | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Health of the Union of Burma | |
| In office 1960–1962 | |
| Preceded by | U Tun Tin (1958–1960) |
| Succeeded by | Brigadier General Than Pe (1962) |
| Member of the Union Parliament from Buthidaung North | |
| In office 1957–1958 | |
| Member of the Union Parliament from Buthidaung North | |
| In office 1960–1962 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1900 Akyab, Arakan Division, Burma Province, British Indian Empire (now in Myanmar) |
| Died | 1982 Yangon, Myanmar |
Sultan Mahmud (1900–1982) was a politician from Arakan, Burma (now Rakhine State, Myanmar). [1] In the British Raj (which included Burma Province until 1937), Mahmud served as cabinet secretary in the Central Legislative Assembly. After Burmese independence, he was elected to the Parliament of Burma through a by election from Buthidaung in 1957. He was re-elected in 1960. He served as Minister of Health of the Union of Burma from 1960 till the 1962 Burmese coup d'état.[2]
When Burma was considering becoming a federal state under Prime Minister U Nu's "unity in diversity" policies, Mahmud proposed that Arakanese Indians should either have a separate province covering the area between the Naf and Kaladan Rivers; or if a separate Arakan province is established with Arakanese Buddhists, it should have a confessionalist structure, with Muslims and Buddhists alternating as provincial governor.