Duwa Lashi La

Duwa Lashi La
ဒူဝါလရှီးလ
Duwa Lashi La in 2023
Vice President and Acting President of the National Unity Government of Myanmar
Assumed office
16 April 2021
Prime MinisterMahn Win Khaing Than
Preceded byMahn Win Khaing Than (Acting Cabinet of CRPH)
Personal details
Born (1950-09-09) 9 September 1950 (age 73)
Mung Ji Village, Shan State, British Burma
Alma materUniversity of Yangon
Websitegov.nugmyanmar.org/acting-president-duwa-lashi-la/

Duwa Lashi La (Burmese: ဒူဝါလရှီးလ; pronounced [dùwà làʃì là]; born 9 September 1950) is a Burmese politician and lawyer of Kachin descent and the president of the Kachin National Consultative Council.[1][2][3][4][5]

Duwa Lashi La was named by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, on 16 April 2021, as the vice-president in the National Unity Government of Myanmar, a parallel government to the State Administrative Council formed after the 2021 coup.[6][7][8][9][10]

On 7 September 2021, Duwa Lashi La announced that the defensive war against the military junta had been launched and urged the citizens to revolt against the junta in every corner of the country.[11][12][13][14][15]

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  2. ^ "Parallel Myanmar Government Launched to Challenge Military Junta". Radio Free Asia. Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  3. ^ "Only Civilian Govt Can Deliver Stability, Myanmar's NUG Tells China". The Irrawaddy. 2 March 2023.
  4. ^ Khin Maung, Soe (2 November 2022). "Duwa Lashi La – 'They plan to rule with fear, but the people are no longer afraid'". Radio Free Asia.
  5. ^ Sebastian, Strangio (19 July 2022). "Duwa Lashi La on the State of Myanmar's Resistance". The Diplomat.
  6. ^ "Opponents of Myanmar's junta set up national unity government". France 24. 16 April 2021. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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  10. ^ Cyril, PAYEN (5 October 2022). "Myanmar's civilian president claims resistance controls nearly half the country". France 24.
  11. ^ "Myanmar shadow government launches 'people's defensive war'". www.aljazeera.com. 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  12. ^ "NUG's Lashi La says military leaders 'don't want peace'". Frontier Myanmar. 24 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Myanmar resistance leader claims majority control over territory". The Japan Times. 2 October 2023.
  14. ^ Ingyin, Naing (1 February 2023). "Myanmar's Exiled Opposition Leader Says Military Junta Stalls Progress to Maintain Control". VOA News.
  15. ^ "Duwa Lashi La, acting president of Myanmar's National Unity Government, has declared a "people's defensive war" against the country's military".

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