Shamsul Anwarul Huq
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Shamsul Anwarul Huq | |
|---|---|
| Member-elect of the Parliament of Myanmar from Buthidaung-1 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 March 1944 |
| Party | National Democratic Party for Human Rights |
| Spouse | Daw Tezi |
| Children | Khin Khin Nu, Wai Wai Nu,[1] Maung Aung Naing |
| Parent(s) | Hajji Fazolur Rahaman and Sounn Khatun |
| Relatives | Phir Moulana Muzaffor Ahmad[2] |
| Alma mater | Rangoon Institute of Economics |
Shamsul Anwarul Huq (born 1944), also known as Kyaw Min, is a Rohingya academic, pro-democracy activist and former politician in Myanmar. He has also been a political prisoner. Shamsul Anwar was a CEC member of the National Democratic Party for Human Rights. Shamsul Anwar was elected to the Parliament of Myanmar in 1990.
Shamsul Anwar was born in 1944 in the village of Mikyanzay (Minggisi) in Buthidaung of Arakan Division, British Burma. His father was Fazlur Rahman. He graduated from the Rangoon Institute of Economics with a bachelor's degree in economics. He also obtained a diploma in educational practice from the Institute of Education in Rangoon. He joined the Education Department of Burma in 1969. He taught in various state-owned primary schools in Arakan until 1985. He became a primary school headmaster. In 1988, he was dismissed from his job due to his involvement in the 8888 uprising.[3]
Political career
Shamsul Anwar was a member of the Central Executive Committee of the National Democratic Party for Human Rights. He was elected from Buthidaung-1 constituency during the 1990 Burmese general election, after receiving 30,990 out of 41,668 votes. His party won a total of four seats. The Burmese military junta banned his party in 1992. At the invitation of Aung San Suu Kyi, Shamsul Anwar joined the Committee Representing the People's Parliament in 1998.[3]