Mahn Nyein Maung

P'doh Mahn Nyein Maung (Burmese: ဖဒိုမန်းငြိမ်းမောင်, b. c. 1947) is a former Karen rebel leader and member of Myanmar's State Administrative Council.

P'doh

Mahn Nyein Maung
မန်းငြိမ်းမောင်
Member of the State Administrative Council
Assumed office
2 February 2021
Member of the Karen National Union's Central Executive Committee
Personal details
Bornc. 1947 (1947) (age 74)
Burma
NationalityBurmese
Political partyKayin People's Party (2020-present)
Other political
affiliations		Karen National Union
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Rebel leader

Career

1960s-2020: Activism

After the 1962 Burmese coup d'état, Mahn Nyein Maung became involved in underground political activism.[1] He was arrested in July 1967 and imprisoned in the Coco Islands.[2] He escaped in 1970.[2] He was recaptured and imprisoned until April 1973, under a general amnesty.[1] During his time in jail, he became acquainted with Mahn Aung Kyi, the secretary of the All Burma Karen Organization, who would become his political mentor.[1]

In 2000, he published a memoir entitled Against the Storm, Across the Sea, describing his prison break from Coco Islands in the 1970s, a feat that earned him the nickname "Burma's Papillon."[2] In December 2011, he was sentenced to 17 years in prison for "unlawful association" after being deported by China due to visa issues.[3] In March 2012, he was sentenced to life in prison by for participating in acts of war against the ruling government, but was released on 19 March via presidential amnesty.[4][2] Mahn Nyein Maung participated in negotiating the landmark Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, which was signed by KNU on 15 October 2015.[5]

2020-present: Entry into politics

He resigned from the central executive committee of the Karen National Union in July 2020, in order to contest a Pyithu Hluttaw seat in his hometown of Pantanaw, Ayeyarwady Region in the 2020 Myanmar general election, representing the Kayin People's Party.[6] He lost the election, placing third, with 8.83% of the votes.[7] Nyunt Thein, representing the National League for Democracy, won the race with 58.01% of the votes.[7]

He was appointed as a member of the State Administrative Council on 2 February 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Burma's "Papillon"". The Irrawaddy. May 1999. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  2. "Karen Leader's Tale of Escape From Island Prison Makes Burma Debut". The Irrawaddy. 26 August 2013.
  3. "Burma 'jails' Karen rebel leader Mahn Nyein Maung". BBC News. 2011-12-16. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  4. "Myanmar frees rebel leader for peace talks - Myanmar". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  5. "Pado Mahn Nyein Maung will contest in the Myanmar general elections". Burma News International. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  6. "KNU heavyweight prepares for election battle". Frontier Myanmar. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  7. "ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်လောင်း တစ်ဦးချင်းစီ၏ ဆန္ဒမဲရရှိမှုအခြေအနေ" (PDF). Union Election Commission (in Burmese). p. 81.
  8. "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ် ( ၁၄ / ၂၀၂၁) ၁၃၈၂ ခုနှစ်၊ ပြာသိုလပြည့်ကျော် ၇ ရက် ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၃ ရက်". Tatmadaw Information Team (in Burmese). Retrieved 2021-02-04.
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