Su Su Lwin

{{short description|Former First Lady and politician of Myanmar}}

{{Family name hatnote|Su Su Lwin|lang=Burmese}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Su Su Lwin

| native_name = စုစုလွင်‌

| office1 = First Lady of Myanmar

| honorific-prefix = Her Excellency

| honorific_suffix = MP

| image = Su Su Lwin First Lady.jpg

| predecessor1 = Khin Khin Win

| president1 = Htin Kyaw

| successor1 = Khin Thet Htay {{small|(acting)}}

| party = National League for
Democracy

| constituency = Thongwa Township

| majority =

| order = Member of the House of Representatives

| predecessor = Myint Maung

| successor =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|4|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Yangon, Burma

| death_date =

| death_place =

| spouse = {{marriage|Htin Kyaw|1973}}

| residence =

| alma_mater = University of Yangon
University of Sydney
Yangon Institute of Education

| term_label1 = In role

| term_start1 = 30 March 2016

| term_end1 = 21 March 2018

| term_start = 2 May 2012

| term_end =

| caption = Su Su Lwin in 2016

}}

Su Su Lwin ({{langx|my|စုစုလွင်‌}}, {{IPA|my|sṵ sṵ lwɪ̀ɰ̃|pron}}; born 22 April 1952) is a Burmese politician and former First Lady of Myanmar. She has been the MP for Thongwa Township in the House of Representatives since 2012. She is the wife of Htin Kyaw, the ninth President of Myanmar, who in March 2016 became the first civilian president of the country in 53 years.{{cite web|url=http://first.omimyanmar.org/omi/member/view/5318627aad17d722208b456b|title=လွှတ်တော်အမတ်များ - ဒေါ်စုစုလွင်|publisher=Open Myanmar Initiative|access-date=15 March 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-president-idUSKCN0WC0G2|title=Presidency beckons for Suu Kyi confidant after two months in party|author=Aung Hla Tun|date=10 March 2016|work=Reuters News|access-date=10 March 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.pyithuhluttaw.gov.mm/?q=representative/%25E1%2580%25B1%25E1%2580%2592%25E1%2581%259A%25E1%2580%2585%25E1%2580%25AF%25E1%2580%2585%25E1%2580%25AF%25E1%2580%259C%25E1%2580%25BC%25E1%2580%2584%25E1%2580%25B9|title=ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်|website=www.pyithuhluttaw.gov.mm|access-date=2016-03-15|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160327170534/http://www.pyithuhluttaw.gov.mm/?q=representative/%E1%80%B1%E1%80%92%E1%81%9A%E1%80%85%E1%80%AF%E1%80%85%E1%80%AF%E1%80%9C%E1%80%BC%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9|archive-date=2016-03-27|df=}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.pyithuhluttaw.gov.mm/?q=representative/%E1%80%B1%E1%80%92%E1%81%9A%E1%80%85%E1%80%AF%E1%80%85%E1%80%AF%E1%80%9C%E1%80%BC%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9|title=ဒေါ်စုစုလွင် ပြည်သူ့ လွှတ်တော်}}{{cite web|url=http://www.irrawaddy.com/feature/profiles/su-su-lwin-not-the-lady-but-rather-burmas-next-first-lady.html|title=Su Su Lwin: Not 'The' Lady, but Rather Burma's Next 'First' Lady|work=The Irrawaddy}}{{cite news | url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/19796-first-lady-to-remain-an-mp.html | title=First Lady to remain an MP | date=1 April 2016 | agency=The Myanmar Times | access-date=4 April 2016 | author=Htoo Thant, Lun Min Mang}}{{Cite news |last=Holmes |first=Oliver |date=2016-03-15 |title=Myanmar parliament elects Htin Kyaw as first civilian president in 53 years |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/15/myanmar-parliament-elects-htin-kyaw-as-first-civilian-president-in-53-years |access-date=2025-05-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Early life and education

Su Su Lwin is the daughter of U Lwin, a veteran and former deputy prime minister of the Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) regime as well as the founding member and secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD).{{cite web|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/in-depth/19202-daw-suu-eyes-foreign-minister-role.html|title=Daw Suu eyes foreign minister role|author=Ei Ei Toe Lwin|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.burmatimes.net/nld-dropped-a-name-list-to-lead-its-new-government/|title=NLD Dropped a Name List to Lead Its New Government|work=The Burma Times|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324031859/http://www.burmatimes.net/nld-dropped-a-name-list-to-lead-its-new-government/|archive-date=2016-03-24|df=}}{{cite web | url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/846496/myanmar-starts-new-parliamentary-era | title=Myanmar Starts New Parliamentarye Era | publisher=The Bangkok Post | access-date=6 March 2016}} She is a descendant of a prince of the Konbaung dynasty Maung Maung Tin, who was a descendant of Ayodhya princess Kyauk Pwa Saw.{{cite news |title=ထိုင်းဘုရင်သွေး မကင်းတဲ့ မြန်မာတွေ |url=https://www.bbc.com/burmese/in-depth-41763668.amp |work=BBC News |date=26 October 2017 |language=my}}

She spent her elementary school years in the United States. She studied at the Rangoon Institute of Education and graduated with a M.A. degree, and holds a post-graduate degree from the University of Sydney.

She married Htin Kyaw in 1973. The couple have no children.{{cite web|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/nay-pyi-taw/19714-who-is-president-u-htin-kyaw.html|title=Who is President U Htin Kyaw?|author=Ei Ei Toe Lwin|publisher=}}

Career

=Professional educator=

Su Su Lwin worked for over ten years at Burma’s education research bureau after her graduation. She worked for UNICEF from 1990 to 2005 and later served as a freelance consultant for monastic education programs. She founded a local non-profit organization called Hantha Educators in 2006 that partnered with local influential monks and focused on improving traditional monastic education, early childhood care and development programs. Her organization stressed the importance of child-centered teaching and critical thinking.

=Political career=

File:Su Su Lwin.jpg

Su Su Lwin was elected for a parliamentary seat in the lower house (Pyithu Hluttaw)'s Thongwa Township constituency, in 2012 by-elections and 2015 general election. She helped to draft the controversial National Education Bill, which in 2015 resulted in nationwide student protests. She previously served as Chairperson of the International Relations Committee of the House of Representatives.{{cite web|url=http://www.irrawaddy.com/burma/su-sulwin-concentrates-on-new-role-as-burmas-first-lady.html|title=Su Su Lwin Concentrates on New Role as Burma's First Lady|work=The Irrawaddy}}

=First Lady=

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