Mahn Win Khaing Than
Mahn Win Khaing Than is a Burmese politician and lawyer. He presently serves as the incumbent Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw, the upper house of the Myanmar parliament.Early life
He was born in Hintada Township, Ayeyarwady Division on 23 April 1952. He is an ethnic Karen and a Christian. He is the grandson of Mahn Ba Khaing, who served as Minister for Industry and Minister for Labor in the pre-independence cabinet of the AFPFL government, and was assassinated alongside Aung San, father of Aung San Suu Kyi in 1947 in Yangon. Mahn Win Khaing Than graduated from the Rangoon Arts and Science University with a law degree in 1975.Career
He formerly served as the secretary of the Karen Literature and Culture Association, and joined the Union Karen League in 1990, which contested in the elections that same year. He joined the National League for Democracy in 2013 and contested for the first time in the 2015 election. In the 2015 election, he contested and won the Kayin State № 8 constituency for a seat in the country's upper house.
