Su Su Lwin

Former First Lady and politician of Myanmar

In this Burmese name, the given name is  Su Su Lwin. There is no family name.

Her Excellency

Su Su Lwin

စုစုလွင်‌
Member of the House of Representatives

Incumbent

Assumed office
2 May 2012
Preceded by| Myint Maung
Constituency| Thongwa Township
First Lady of Myanmar
In role
30 March 2016 – 21 March 2018
President| Htin Kyaw
Preceded by| Khin Khin Win
Succeeded by| Khin Thet Htay (acting)
Personal details
Born|  (1952-04-22) 22 April 1952 (age 72)
Yangon, Burma
Political party| National League for
Democracy
Spouse|

Htin Kyaw

(m. 1973)​

Alma mater| University of Yangon
University of Sydney
Yangon Institute of Education

Su Su Lwin (Burmese: စုစုလွင်‌, pronounced [sṵ sṵ lwɪ̀ɰ̃]; 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.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

## Early life and education

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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).[7][8][9] She is the descendant of a prince of the Konbaung dynasty Maung Maung Tin, who was a descendant of Ayodhya princess Kyauk Pwa Saw.[10]

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.[3]

She married Htin Kyaw in 1973. The couple have no children.[11]

## Career

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### Professional educator

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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.[5]

### Political career

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Su Su Lwin as MP

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.[5][12]

### First Lady

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Su Su Lwin with Htin Kyaw during the State visit to India

She became the first lady of Myanmar when her husband became the president.

## References

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1. ^ "လွှတ်တော်အမတ်များ - ဒေါ်စုစုလွင်". Open Myanmar Initiative. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
2. ^ Aung Hla Tun (10 March 2016). "Presidency beckons for Suu Kyi confidant after two months in party". Reuters News. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
3. ^ a b "ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်". www.pyithuhluttaw.gov.mm. Archived from the original on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
4. ^ "ဒေါ်စုစုလွင် ပြည်သူ့ လွှတ်တော်".
5. ^ a b c "Su Su Lwin: Not 'The' Lady, but Rather Burma's Next 'First' Lady". The Irrawaddy.
6. ^ Htoo Thant, Lun Min Mang (1 April 2016). "First Lady to remain an MP". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
7. ^ Ei Ei Toe Lwin. "Daw Suu eyes foreign minister role".
8. ^ "NLD Dropped a Name List to Lead Its New Government". The Burma Times. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24.
9. ^ "Myanmar Starts New Parliamentarye Era". The Bangkok Post. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
10. ^ "ထိုင်းဘုရင်သွေး မကင်းတဲ့ မြန်မာတွေ". BBC News (in Burmese). 26 October 2017.
11. ^ Ei Ei Toe Lwin. "Who is President U Htin Kyaw?".
12. ^ "Su Su Lwin Concentrates on New Role as Burma's First Lady". The Irrawaddy.

Honorary titles

Preceded by

Khin Khin Win

|  First Lady of Myanmar
2016–2018  | Succeeded by

Khin Thet Htay
(Acting)
*[m.]: married