Khin Aung Myint

ခင်အောင်မြင့်
Khin Aung Myint in 2015
Amyotha Hluttaw MP
for Mandalay Region № 8 constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 February 2016Speaker of the Assembly of the UnionIn office
31 January 2011 – 1 July 2013DeputyMya NyeinPreceded byPosition establishedSucceeded byShwe MannSpeaker of the House of NationalitiesIn office
31 January 2011 – 29 January 2016DeputyMya NyeinPreceded byPosition establishedSucceeded byMahn Win Khaing ThanAmyotha Hluttaw MP
for Mandalay Region № 9 constituencyIn office
31 January 2011 – 29 January 2016Preceded byPosition establishedSucceeded byMaung Maung SweMinister of CultureIn office
15 May 2006 – 30 March 2011Prime MinisterSoe Win
Thein SeinPreceded byKyi AungSucceeded byKyaw Hsan Personal detailsBorn1945 (age 78–79)[1]NationalityBurmesePolitical partyUnion Solidarity and Development PartySpouseKhin PhyoneMilitary serviceAllegiance MyanmarBranch/serviceMyanmar ArmyRank Major General

Khin Aung Myint (Burmese: ခင်အောင်မြင့်) is a Burmese politician and incumbent Amyotha Hluttaw MP for Mandalay Region № 8 constituency. He previously served as Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw, the upper house of the Myanmar parliament.[2] A senior official of the Myanmar military government and a major general, he was Director of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare in the Myanmar Ministry of Defense and was assigned as Minister of Culture after Kyi Aung in 2006. He is also a member of the Central Organizing Committee of the Myanmar War Veterans Organization.[3]

Early life and education

Khin Aung Myint graduated from the 19th intake of the Defence Services Academy, in the same cohort as Min Aung Hlaing, the army general who has ruled Myanmar since seizing power in the February 2021 coup d'état.[4]

Career

During the 2007 Burmese protests he travelled to Shan State in the north of the country to lobby support for the continuity of the government regime. In a March 2012 interview with The Irrawaddy, he called corruption the biggest issue facing the country.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Hpyo Wai Tha (26 March 2012). "Corruption is Burma's Biggest Problem: Upper House Speaker". The Irrawaddy. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Burma's parliament opens new session". BBC News. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  3. ^ Saw Yan Naing (27 November 2007). "Ceasefire Groups Pressured to Support National Convention". The Irrawaddy. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  4. ^ Than, Tin Maung Maung (2016). "Myanmar Security Outlook: A Taxing Year for the Tatmadaw". NIDS Joint Research Series No.14 (PDF). The National Institute for Defense Studies. ISBN 978-4-86482-045-5.
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