# Chit Lwin (Born 1946)

> Politician and lawyer · Maungdaw, Rakhine State

- Also known as: Ebrahim; Chit Lwin Ebrahim; U Ebrahim
- Known for: Politician and lawyer
- Born: 1946
- Place: Maungdaw, Rakhine State
- Fields: Politics, Law
- Page: https://people.rohingya.ro/people/chit-lwin/

## Summary

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.

## What he did

- **1946** — Born.
- **1967** — Earned a Bachelor of Commerce.
- **Career** — Qualified as a certified accountant and as a lawyer, and practised at the High Court of Rangoon.
- **Late 1980s** — Became a leading figure in the National Democratic Party for Human Rights (NDPHR), the main Rohingya political party of the time, and served as its chairman.
- **1990** — Won the Maungdaw-1 constituency in the general election with 20,045 votes, one of only four Rohingya MPs elected nationwide.
- **1992** — The military junta banned the NDPHR and barred its leaders from politics.

## Biography: 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.

## Sources

- Ullah, Aman. 1990 Multi-Party Democracy General Elections and The Rohingyas’ Enfranchisement.

## Photographs

- ![Photograph of Chit Lwin](https://people.rohingya.ro/photos/chit-lwin-2.webp) (Blogger (blogger.googleusercontent.com))

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From Rohingya Famous People, https://people.rohingya.ro/people/chit-lwin/ (updated 2026-11-04)