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The Rakhine State Government Office in Sittwe is the seat of the chief minister (Phadu Tun Aung/Myanmar Now) 
Arakan National Party says one of its MPs should be Rakhine’s next chief minister 
The ANP, which won the largest number of seats in the Rakhine State Hluttaw in November, suggested...
Published on Jan 26, 2021
Dr Aye Maung, right, and writer Wai Hin Aung, left, seen after receiving the final verdict in their trial for high treason on March 19, 2019 (Supplied)
Online petition calls for release of imprisoned Rakhine leaders
Prominent Rakhine politician Dr Aye Maung and writer Wai Hin Aung are serving 20-year sentences for high treason
Nov 25, 2020
The nationalist ANP won eight of the 13 available national parliamentary seats on Sunday (Phadu Tun Aung/Myanmar Now)
Arakan National Party wins the most seats in Rakhine despite vote cancellations that weakened its hand 
Rakhine residents resoundingly rejected the NLD to hand a majority of seats to the ethnonationalist party
Nov 10, 2020
Lawmaker Phoe San.
Rakhine MP banned from defending seat in November over son’s alleged links to Arakan Army
The Arakan National Party said the decision to bar Phoe San was illegitimate and ‘based on assumptions’
Sep 1, 2020
Senior members of ANP during a meeting in 2019. (Photo Credit: ANP) 
Arakan National Party lawmakers set to run as independents because they’re ‘not allowed to resign’ from party
Unusual 2019 rule change means party won’t accept lawmakers’ resignations until after 2020 election, so they can’t join rival parties
Jul 24, 2020
Leaders from Arakan National Party hold a meeting at party headquarters in Sittwe, Rakhine state, in October 2019 (Photo: Arakan National Party)
Election 2020: Arakan National Party says it will keep dominant position in Rakhine despite conflict, pandemic
The party won the third largest share of the national vote in 2015 and is confident Rakhine nationalist sentiment will secure similar results this year
Jul 3, 2020
Wai Thaung appears at the Taungup township court on May 11, 2020. (Tin Nyo/ Facebook)
NLD supporter’s abduction followed by arrests as Rakhine’s ugly nationalist politics spread south again
NLD members are in hiding and Rakhine nationalists from the ANP have gone off the radar after being released on bail as rivalries turn ugly in Taungup
May 29, 2020
Dr Aye Maung on campaigning trip in 2015. (Photo: Supplied)
Imprisoned Rakhine politician Aye Maung stripped of lawmaker status
He will also be ineligible to run as a candidate in future elections, the Union Election Commission said
May 20, 2020
ANP rejects eighth MP’s resignation
ANP rejects eighth MP’s resignation
After Dr Aye Maung’s departure fractured party leadership, more MPs try leaving party, presenting obstacles for the ANP in run-up to general election
Dec 4, 2019
Dr Aye Maung (Photo: Myanmar Now)
Arakan National Party chairman confident a strong win will bring security for Buddhist Rakhines
Aye Maung is the chairman of the Arakan National Party (ANP), the largest political party in Rakhine State of Myanmar after the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and...
Nov 6, 2015
Arakan National Pary (ANP) campaigning in Pauktaw in Rakhine State on 1 November, 2015. Photo: DMG/Mizzima
With Rohingya disenfranchised, NLD takes on nationalists in southern Rakhine
Soe Win, a National League for Democracy (NLD) candidate, clutches the microphone and paces about as he shouts questions at a crowd of hundreds of Buddhist Rakhine residents in Sin...
Nov 6, 2015