YANGON, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chief Minister of Myanmar's Mon state U Min Min Oo on Monday formally submitted his resignation letter to President U Htin Kyaw, U Min Min Oo told Xinhua.
"I have decided to resign no matter if it is approved or not," he said.
U Min Min Oo had hinted his resignation intention firstly on his facebook last Saturday.
This will be the first resignation of a chief minister since the National League for Democracy (NLD)-led government took office in April last year.
Noting that his decision was made at the right time, U Min Min Oo said he will explain the reason of resignation when the request letter is approved.
U Min Min Oo won as a representative to the Mon State Parliament from Bilin constituency-2 in 2015 general election and was elected as deputy speaker of the Mon State Parliament. He was later appointed as chief minister of the State.
U Min Min Oo, aged 47, holds a degree of electronic engineering and was once engaged in agriculture and food industry.
