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Myanmar ruling party’s former chairman U Aung Shwe dies

Posted By: Doraiah Vundavally August 14, 2017

Myanmar ruling party's former chairman U Aung Shwe diesNay Pyi Taw, Aug 14 (IANS) Former Chairman of Myanmar's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), U Aung Shwe, passed away at Yangon's Victoria Hospital on Sunday night, the media reported on Monday.

U Aung Shwe, 99, died of old. He was hospitalised on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported.

He was a member of the Central Executive Committee when NLD was first formed along with co-founders Aung San Suu Kyi, U Tin Oo and U Kyi Maung in late 1988.

 

He served as the party chairman since 1991 until 2010 before he was replaced by Aung San Suu Kyi.

President U Htin Kyaw, Vice President U Henry Van Thio and Speaker of the House of Representative U Win Myint visited him at the hospital.

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