Myo Zaw Aung

Myo Zaw Aung (Burmese: မျိုးဇော်အောင်, born on 14 August 1980) is a Burmese Member of Parliament (MP). He used to be a pro-democracy activist who is a former youth member of the National League for Democracy (NLD), a founder of the National Democratic Force (NDF) and is now a member of the NLD and a political educator.

Myo Zaw Aung won the 2015 general election as a candidate of National League for Democracy. He is now a member of International Relation Committee of Pyithu Hluttaw, Lower House and a member of Committee on Interparliamentary Union which is a joint committee.

Myo Zaw Aung graduated from high school in 1999 and went to Mandalay Medical University in 2000. He joined the NLD youth branch in 2002 and worked for Aung San Suu Kyi's security. He was detained for 6 months in Khan-Ti Prisonin May 2003 after the Debayin Massacre. He worked for the National Democratic Force as a CEC member and a joint secretary of CEC. He competed in Myanmar's first ever election in 2010 and stood for the Kaw Lin constituency for the people's parliament. He wanted to amend the 2008 Myanmar constitution by participating in the parliament. He lost the seat with 25,011 votes tohis competitor's 27,184. He resigned from the NDF in 2011 and founded a political education organization called The Innovative. He wrote an election analysis paper called An Accelerated Move about the 2012 Myanmar by-election for the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation for Freedom. He is an alumnus of the Diplomacy Training Program, International Academy for Freedom, European Union Visitor Program (EUVP), and the Jackson School of the University of Washington.