Member of the Burmese House of Representatives from Zeyarthiri
In office 31 January 2011 – 29 January 2016
Preceded by
Constituency established
Succeeded by
Hla Htay Win
Chairman of the Legal Affairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission of the Assembly of the Union
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 February 2016
Preceded by
Commission established
Personal details
Born
(1947-07-11) 11 July 1947 (age 76) Kanyutkwin, Burma
Political party
Union Solidarity and Development Party (2008–2016) Union Betterment Party (2019–2022)
Spouse
Khin Lay Thet
Children
Aung Thet Mann Toe Naing Mann
Alma mater
Defence Services Academy
Military service
Allegiance
Myanmar
Branch/service
Myanmar Army
Years of service
1969–2010
Rank
General
Current events portal
Thura Shwe Mann (Burmese: သူရ ရွှေမန်း, pronounced[θùja̰ʃwèmáɰ̃]; born 11 July 1947) is a Burmese politician who was Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw, the lower house of parliament from 31 January 2011 to 29 January 2016.[1] He is a former army general and, whilst being a protégé of senior general Than Shwe,[2][3] was considered the third most powerful man in the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), which ruled Myanmar until 2011.[4]
He was elected to parliament in the 2010 general election. He was later selected as Speaker of the Lower House at the first regular session of the Pyithu Hluttaw in 2011. He was crucial in the newly-found activism of the Lower House vis-à-vis the Upper House and the executive.[4][5]
In May 2013, he replaced President Thein Sein as head of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). That same year, he confirmed he would run for president in 2015.[1] Amidst reports of tensions between Shwe Mann and Thein Sein, the former was removed from his post as head of the USDP in August 2015. Finally he was sacked from USDP together with other 17 senior members in April 2016.[6] He later founded the Union Betterment Party (UBP), which existed from 2019 to 2022.[7]
^ abFreeman, A. & Roads, J. "Myanmar’s Speaker of the Lower House Shwe Mann: Economic Reforms Needed Ahead of 2015 Elections", The Asia Foundation, 19 June 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^Besant, D. "Shwe Mann: The Right Man for the Job?", Southeast Asia Globe, 5 March 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
^Head, J. "Burma Ex-General Shwe Mann Rides Wave of Change", BBC, 27 September 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ ab"Myanmar Votes 2015: A Conversation With Thura Shwe Mann", CarnegieEndowmentStream, 1 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015
^Lloyd-George, W. "The Dicey Democrat", Foreign Policy, 28 November 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
^"Senior USDP members, including Shwe Mann, sacked". mizzima.com. Mizzima. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^Zan, Hein Htoo (12 October 2022). "Former General and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Ally Dissolves His Union Betterment Party". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
Current events portal Thura ShweMann (Burmese: သူရ ရွှေမန်း, pronounced [θùja̰ ʃwè máɰ̃]; born 11 July 1947) is a Burmese politician who was Speaker...
Army (MNDAA) in Kokang. In June 2010, Min Aung Hlaing replaced General ShweMann as Joint Chief of Staff of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. In the lead-up...
Than Shwe (Burmese: သန်းရွှေ; pronounced [θáɰ̃ ʃwè]; born 2 February 1933) is a retired Burmese army general who held influential positions within Myanmar's...
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the position of USDP chairman to ShweMann on 1 May 2013. On 13 August 2015, it was reported that chairman ShweMann and general secretary Maung Maung...
headquarters are located in Bahan Township, Yangon. Ayer Shwe Wah's CEO, Aung Thet Mann, is the son of ShweMann, a former military general and currently Speaker...
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that she would be "above the President" if the NLD won the elections. ShweMann, the former No. 3 in the junta who is now speaker of House of Representatives...
his dual role, Thein Sein handed over the chairman position of party to ShweMann on 1 May 2013. But Thein Sein will continue to play a leadership role...
the full speech made by Defense Services Chief of Staff General Thura ShweMann to a meeting of Burmese businessmen on October 24. The address explained...
Union Solidarity and Development Party, preceded by three deputy-chairman ShweMann, Htay Oo and Aye Myint, replacing former president Thein Sein. Myat Hain...
repealing laws considered out of date. Along with the other allies of ShweMann, T Khun Myatt was sacked from the Union Solidarity and Development Party...
Nay Shwe Thway Aung (Burmese: နေရွှေသွေးအောင်; pronounced [ne ʃwe θwei aʊŋ]; born 22 May 1991), also known as Phoe La Pyae (Burmese: ဖိုးလပြည့်; pronounced...
Mann (19 January 2012). "Evicted Buddhist Abbot to Leave Monastery Within One Month". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 20 February 2012. "Brief bio of Shwe Nya...
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is co-owned by Toe Naing Mann, the advisor to the Speaker of Myanmar's Lower House of Parliament, and sons of Thura ShweMann who is Speaker of the Pyithu...
ogress from Popa district. The sons Shwe Hpyin Gyi and Shwe Hpyin Nge later entered the pantheon of Burmese spirits as Shwe Hpyin Brothers. The Muslim traders...
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