Former NLD chairman U Aung Shwe passes away

14 August 2017
Former NLD chairman U Aung Shwe passes away
(File) Former Chairman of NLD partty U Aung Shwe. Photo: EPA

Former Chairman of Myanmar's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), U Aung Shwe, 99, passed away at Yangon's Victoria Hospital Sunday night, Xinhua reported on 14 August quoting local media.
He was a member of the Central Executive Committee when the 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 when he was replaced by Aung San Suu Kyi.