Lian Hmung Sakhong
H.E. Dr. Lian Hmung Sakhong | |
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 Lian Hmung Sakhong in 2023 | |
| Minister of Federal Union Affairs of NUG[1] | |
| Assumed office 16 April 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chin State, Myanmar |
| Political party | Chin National Front |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | www |
Lian Hmung Sakhong (Burmese: လျန်မှုန်းဆာခေါင်း)is a prominent Chin scholar, activist, and politician. He currently serves Union Minister of Ministry of Federal Union Affair at National Unity Government of the Union of Myanmar (NUG). He is also a vice-chairman of Chin National Front (CNF)[2][3][4] and of Union Peace Discussion Joint Committee (UPDJC).[5]
He was appointed by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, with a mandate from the Chin Consultative Assembly,[6] as the minister of federal union affairs in the National Unity Government on 16 April 2021.[7][8]
Dr. Sakhong played a significant role in Myanmar's peace process, which was abruptly disturbed by the military coup in February 2021. He was the Vice Chairman of Union Peace and Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC), a committee jointly formed by the Government of the Union of Burma/Myanmar and Ethnic Armed Organizations. The Chairperson of UPDJC is Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the State Counsellor of the Union of Myanmar. He was leading the (10) Ethnic Armed Organizations in political negotiation with the government to end 75 years of Ethnic Armed Conflict in Burma by finding a political solution based on the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) signed in 2015.
He worked as the Chairman of the Ethnic Nationalities Council - ENC (2008-2012), General Secretary of ENC (2001-2008), the Chairman of the Chin National Council - CNC (2004-2010), the Chairman of Chin National League for Democracy – CNLD Exile (2008-2012), General Secretary of CNLD (1988-1990), General Secretary of CNLD-Exile (1992-2008), General Secretary of United Nationalities League for Democracy-Liberated Areas (UNLD-LA: 1998-2010), Secretary of Supporting Committee for State Constitutions – SCSC (2001-2006), and Secretary of Federal Constitution Drafting and Coordinating Committee – FCDCC (2005-2008). He was awarded Martin Luther King Prize in 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden.
References
[edit]- ^ "NUG ဖက်ဒရယ်ပြည်ထောင်စုရေးရာဝန်ကြီး ဒေါက်တာလျန်မှုန်းဆာခေါင်းနဲ့ ဆက်သွယ်မေးမြန်းချက်". burmese.voanews.com. VOA. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "ချင်းအမျိုးသားတပ်ဦးခေါင်းဆောင်ပြောပြတဲ့ နေပြည်တော်ထိပ်သီးအစည်းအဝေးအကြောင်း". Myanmar Now (in Burmese). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "ပင်လုံစာချုပ် အပြည့်အဝအကောင်အထည်ဖော်မှသာ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးရမည်ဟု ဒေါက်တာဆလိုင်း လျန်မှုန်းဆာခေါင်း ပြော". Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "တစ်ခုတည်းသောတပ်မတော် ထားရှိရေး အပစ်ရပ် EAOs များဘက်မှ လက်ခံဟုဆို". Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "'ကိုယ်ပိုင်ပြဋ္ဌာန်းခွင့်' မရမချင်း ဆက်တောင်းဆိုမည်ဟု ဒေါက်တာဆလိုင်လျန်မှုန်းဆာခေါင်းပြော". Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Who's Who in Myanmar's National Unity Government". The Irrawaddy. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Who we are (Myanmar Version) - CRPH". crphmyanmar.org. Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. 11 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Formation of the National Unity Government of Myanmar - CRPH". crphmyanmar.org. Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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