National United Party of Arakan

National United Party of Arakan
ရခိုင်အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးပါတီ
Dates of operation1994 (1994) –2020 (2020)
HeadquartersSittwe, Rakhine State
Active regionsRakhine State
IdeologyRakhine nationalism
Anti-authoritarianism
Secularism[1]
Opponents Myanmar

Union of Myanmar (until 2011)

 India (until 1998)
Battles and warsInternal conflict in Myanmar

The National United Party of Arakan (Burmese: ရခိုင်အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးပါတီ; NUPA) is a political organisation[2] and insurgent group[3] in Rakhine State, Myanmar. It was formed in 1994 as a merger between four nationalist groups, including a faction of the Communist Party of Arakan.[4]

  1. ^ "National United Party of Arakan: on the Racial Clashes in Sittwe, Arakan". 7 February 2001. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018.
  2. ^ Minahan, James; Wendel, Peter T. (2002). Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: S-Z. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 2144. ISBN 978-0-313-32384-3.
  3. ^ Roberts, Christopher (2010). ASEAN's Myanmar Crisis: Challenges to the Pursuit of a Security Community. Institute of Southeast Asian. p. 65. ISBN 978-981-4279-36-9. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Leftist Parties of Myanmar". Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

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