A Rohingya lawyer, accountant and politician from Maungdaw who, as a leading figure of the National Democratic Party for Human Rights (NDPHR), won the Maungdaw-1 constituency in the 1990 general election with 20,045 votes, one of only four Rohingya MPs elected nationwide. As chairman of the NDPHR he worked for Rohingya representation, equality and citizenship rights through peaceful, democratic means, until the military junta banned the party and barred its leaders from politics in 1992.
Elected in 1990, barred in 1992
Chit Lwin Ebrahim, also known as U Ebrahim, is a prominent Rohingya lawyer, accountant, and politician from Maungdaw, northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. Born in 1946, he earned a Bachelor of Commerce in 1967 and later qualified as a certified accountant and lawyer, practicing at the High Court of Rangoon.
Ebrahim's political career began in the late 1980s as a leading figure in the National Democratic Party for Human Rights (NDPHR), the main Rohingya political party at the time. In the 1990 Myanmar General Election, he contested and won the Maungdaw-1 Constituency with 20,045 votes, becoming one of only four Rohingya Members of Parliament elected nationwide. As Chairman of the NDPHR, Ebrahim worked to promote Rohingya representation, equality, and citizenship rights through peaceful and democratic means. However, the military junta banned the NDPHR and barred its leaders from politics in 1992.
