Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe
နော်ဆူဇန်နာလှလှစိုး
Susanna in 2023
Minister of Women, Youths and Children Affairs of NUG
Assumed office
16 April 2021
Appointed byCRPH
PresidentWin Myint
Prime MinisterMahn Win Khaing Than
Vice PresidentDuwa Lashi La
Member of the Amyotha Hluttaw
In office
1 February 2016 – 1 February 2021
Constituency№ 10 of Yangon Region
Majority172,295[1]
Personal details
Born (1965-08-18) 18 August 1965[2]
Insein Township, Yangon, Myanmar
Political partyNational League for Democracy
Childrenone (daughter)
Alma materUniversity of Yangon
Occupation
  • Zoologist
  • Politician
  • Social activist

Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe (Burmese: နော်ဆူဇန်နာလှလှစိုး), or simply Naw Hla Hla Soe (Burmese: နော်လှလှစိုး), is a Karen zoologist, politician and social activist who mainly focuses on the development of the lives of ethnic Karen women in Burma.[3]

Early life and humanitarian works

Susanna was born on 18 August 1965 in Insein and got her bachelor's and master's degree in Zoology from the University of Yangon. While she was on her studies, Susanna started as a clerk and later as a project manager at World Vision which promoted her education with leadership workshops and an MBA in NGO leadership from Eastern University, Philadelphia, United States. In 2003, she joined Karen Women's Action Group (KWAG) where she became an executive director in 2010.[4]

When Cyclone Nargis broke out in the Irrawaddy Delta in 2008, Susanna led an emergency relief team to resettle families and rebuild their homes.

Susanna was named Woman of the Year in 2011 by Hotnews Media Group and honored by the Karen Baptist Church as Outstanding Social Worker in April 2011. In 2012, she received the InterAction Humanitarian Award for her "extraordinary leadership."[3]

She is a chairperson of Women's Organizations Network of Myanmar (WON), a steering committee member of Women’s Protection Technical Working Group and president of Women's Peace Network.

Political career

In the 2015 Myanmar general election, Susanna contested in № 10 constituency of Yangon Region for Amyotha Hluttaw,[5][6][7] from National League for Democracy, and won a seat by 172,295 votes.[1]

In the 2020 Myanmar general election, she contested for Karen ethnic affairs minister of Yangon Region[8][9] and won by 106,144 votes (71.75%).[10] But she was not allowed to assume her seat due to the military coup.

On 16 April 2021, when Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw formed National Unity Government (NUG), Susanna became the Minister of Women, Youths and Children Affairs.[11][12][13] At NUG's virtual press conference, she urged ASEAN and the world's leaders not to recognize the coup.[14][15][16]

References

  1. 1 2 "2015 General Election – Election Results". Union Election Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Myanmar Election 2020". myanmarelection2020.com. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Day 3: Spotlighting Susanna Hla Hla Soe, Burma". Nobel Women's Initiative. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Antoine, Catherine. "Susanna Hla Hla Soe (Myanmar) — Women in Human Rights". www.womensrights.asia. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "အမျိုးသမီးများအပေါ် အိမ်တွင်းအကြမ်းဖက်မှုသည် ရာဇဝတ်မှုမြောက်ဟု ဆို". Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "ကိုဗစ်-၁၉ ကြောင့် တိတ်ဆိတ်သွားတဲ့ အင်းစိန်". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). 15 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Women candidates outnumber men for the post of Karen Ethnic Affairs Minister post in Yangon". Burma News International. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "2020 General Election – Ethnic Affairs Ministers". Union Election Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "Election 2020 | Karen Ethnic Affairs Minister Candidates in Myanmar's Yangon Square Off in Online Debate". The Irrawaddy. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "2020 General Election – Election Results". Union Election Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "Who we are (Myanmar Version) - CRPH". crphmyanmar.org. Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. 11 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "Formation of the National Unity Government of Myanmar - CRPH". crphmyanmar.org. Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "Who's Who in Myanmar's National Unity Government". The Irrawaddy. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "Seven SE Asian leaders and Myanmar junta chief to attend crisis summit-sources". Reuters. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  15. ↑ "Asean 'should not underestimate resistance' to Myanmar coup". The Straits Times. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  16. ↑ "Recognise us over junta, Myanmar's parallel government urges Asean". South China Morning Post. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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