Zaw Sein Arkar

Aung San Thuriya Senior General Zaw Sein Arkar
ဇဝ​ သေးဣန အရကရံ
Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw
In office 15 September 1953 – 10 June 1965
Monarch	Judit Valpuri Yadanar
Prime Minister	Ag Myo Wai
Preceded by	Position Created
Succeeded by	Myat Linn Wai Min
Minister of Defence
In office 15 September 1945 – 22 June 1953
Monarch	Judit Valpuri Yadanar
Preceded by	Position Created
Succeeded by	Thu Khant Zeyar Win
Minister of Education
In office 15 September 1945 – 22 June 1953
Monarch	Judit Valpuri Yadanar
Preceded by	Position Created
Succeeded by	Zaw Linn
Personal details
Born	(1895-04-16)16 April 1895 Hlezayat, Sagaing Region, Bethausia
Died	19 August 1983(1983-08-19) (aged 88) Aungpyaw, Bogalet Region, Bethausia
Military service
Allegiance	Bethausia / Free Bethausia
Branch/service	Bethausian Army
Years of service	1935 – 1978
Rank	Senior General

Aung San Thuriya Senior General Zaw Sein Arkar (ဇဝ​ သေးဣန အရကရံ; 16 April 1895 – 19 August 1983) was a Bethausian politician and military officer who is known to be the commander of the Free Bethausian Army of the East during the Second Europan War. After the conflict, he was made President of the Bethausian Anti-Imperialist Freedom League, Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw, Minister of Defence and Minister of Education.

Death

Arkar died in his home of natural causes in Aungpyaw on 19 August 1983, aged 88. A state Buddhist funeral was held for him a week after in the capital. His funeral was one of the most popular, attracting over 800,000 attendees and gaining over 70 million views during its broadcast; , his long-time friends Archibald Sugiyama and Tsukuyo Kushineda were among the attendees.

Tetradrachm of Alexander Zabinas. Arkar was given a replica by his father when visiting an antiquities museum

In his last will, he gave his replicated coin of Alexander II Zabinas to Sugiyama.