Kawhmu Township
Kawmhu Township
ကော့မှူး မြို့နယ်; UTC6:30 (MST) | |
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| Area code(s) | 1 (mobile: 80, 99) |
Kawmhu Township (Burmese: ကော့မှူး မြို့နယ် [kɔ̰m̥ú mjo̰nɛ̀] Mon: ဍုၚ်ကအ်မုဟ်) is a township of Yangon Region, Myanmar. It is located in the southwestern section of the Region. Kawhmu was one of the townships in Yangon Region most affected by Cyclone Nargis.[1]
Politics and history
Labor activist and
In January 2012, after
On 1 April 2012, Suu Kyi won her local election and now represents Kawhmu Township in the Burmese lower house of parliament.[5] She leads the National League for Democracy (NLD), a party that had not participated in major elections for two decades because of various bans and boycotts.[6][7] In the 2020 Myanmar general election, Htay Aung contested as an independent candidate for the Kawhmu Township constituency against the State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi but lost.[8]
References
- ^ "Profile of Kawmhu Township" (PDF). Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU). April 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2011. [dead link]
- ^ "BURMA: Complaints against forced labour blocked and victims punished". Asian Human Rights Commission. 23 May 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2006.
- ^ "Aung Sun Suu Kyi registers for Burma election run". BBC News. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ Strangio, Sebastian (20 January 2012). "Paper Tigers". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ "Burma poll: Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD sweeps by-elections". BBC News. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ Golluoglu, Esmer (2 April 2012). "Aung San Suu Kyi hails 'new era' for Burma after landslide victory". The Guardian (UK). Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ "Party: Suu Kyi wins Myanmar election". CNN. 1 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ "'I will contest in 2020 general elections for Kawhmu constituency', Htay Aung says". Mizzima. 28 February 2020.
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