Aung Shwe

Brigadier General Aung Shwe (Burmese: အောင်ရွှေ; 19 May 1918 – 13 August 2017) was a Burmese politician and a member of General Ne Win's Burma Rifles rising to Brigadier General. He was one of the founders and former Chairman of National League for Democracy who took in charge of the party when Aung San Suu Kyi and Tin Oo were under house arrest in the early 2000s.^[2]

Brigadier General Thayay Sithu[1] Aung Shwe
အောင်ရွှေ
Chairman of the National League for Democracy
In office 1991–2010[2]
Preceded by	Tin Oo
Succeeded by	Aung San Suu Kyi
Commander of Southern Command
In office 1955–1961
Commander of Northern Command
In office 1957–?
Member-elect of Pyithu Hluttaw (1990)
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Mayangon Township № 1
Personal details
Born	(1918-05-19)19 May 1918 Rangoon, British Burma
Died	13 August 2017(2017-08-13) (aged 99) Yangon
Political party	Burma Socialist Party (before 1962) Patriotic Old Comrades' League (1988-?) National League for Democracy (1988–2010)
Spouse(s)	Tin Tin Shwe
Children	three sons and three daughters
Parents	Phoe Con (father) Daw Thein (mother)
Military service
Allegiance	Burma
Branch/service	Myanmar Army
Years of service	1945–1961
Rank	Brigadier General

He served as Burmese ambassador to Australia, Egypt, France, Spain and New Zealand from 1961 to 1975.^[3]

Shwe died on 13 August 2017 at Victoria Hospital in Yangon, Myanmar at the age of 99.^[4][5]