Arakan National Party
| Arakan National Party <templatestyles src="Noitalic/styles.css"/>ရခိုင်အမျိုးသားပါတီ |
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| President | Aye Maung |
| Chairman | Aye Thar Aung |
| Founded | 6 March 2014 |
| Headquarters | Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar |
| Ideology | Rakhine interests |
| Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw |
10 / 224
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| Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw |
12 / 440
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| Seats in the Rakhine State Hluttaw |
22 / 47
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| Ethnic Affairs Ministers |
1 / 29
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| Politics of Myanmar Political parties Elections |
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The Arakan National Party (ANP) (Burmese: ရခိုင်အမျိုးသားပါတီ), is a political party in Myanmar (Burma), representing the interests of the Rakhine people in Rakhine State and Yangon Region. The party was founded on 13 January 2014 and registered with the election commission on 6 March 2014.[1][2][3] The chairman of ANP is Dr. Aye Maung.
History
On 17 June 2013, The Rakhine Nationalities Development Party, led by Dr. Aye Maung, and the Arakan League for Democracy, led by Aye Thar Aung, signed an agreement to merge under the name of the Arakan National Party after more than eight months of negotiations.[4]
In the 2015 general election, the party contested 63 seats in Rakhine State, Chin State, Ayeyarwady Region, and Yangon Region. The party won 10 seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw, 12 in the Pyithu Hluttaw, 22 in the Rakhine State Hluttaw, and one party member became an Ethnic Affairs Minister.[3][5][6][7][8]
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