Tin Aye

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Tin Aye
တင်အေး
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Chairman of the Union Election Commission of Myanmar
In office
30 March 2011 – 30 March 2016
PresidentThein Sein
Preceded byThein Soe
Succeeded byHla Thein
Pyithu Hluttaw MP
In office
31 January 2011 – 16 February 2011
PresidentThein Sein
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byKhin Thanda
ConstituencyTada-U Township
Personal details
Born (1945-10-20) 20 October 1945 (age 76)[1]
Letsaungyu village, Tada-U Township, Burma
NationalityBurmese
Political partyUnion Solidarity and Development Party
Spouse(s)Kyi Kyi Ohn
Childrenone daughter, two sons
Alma materDefence Services Academy
Awards15 decorations (including Distinguished Service Medal for battles at Mengyan and Maethawaw)
Military service
AllegianceMyanmar
Branch/serviceMyanmar Army
Years of service-April 2010
RankLieutenant General
CommandsNo. 4 Military Operations Command
Southern Command

Tin Aye (Burmese: တင်အေး; born 20 October 1945) is a retired Burmese lieutenant general and previously chaired the country's Union Election Commission (UEC). In the 2010 Burmese general election, he contested a Pyithu Hluttaw seat in Tada-U Township and won. However, he vacated his seat in February 2011 to assume a new position, as Chairman of the UEC.[2] He graduated from the Defence Services Academy and is a decorated soldier, having received 15 decorations.[2] He formerly served as the chairman of Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings (UMEH), an conglomerate owned by the Burmese military.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "၂၀၁၅ အထွေထွေ ရွေးကောက်ပွဲ မဲဆန္ဒရှင်စာရင်း (Voter list)" (Press release). Union Election Commission. 14 September 2015. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b Ko Wild (17 February 2011). "Tin Aye to be EC chairman; Tun Tun Oo appointed chief justice". Mizzima. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  3. ^ Dittmer, Lowell (2010). Burma Or Myanmar?: The Struggle for National Identity. World Scientific. p. 181. ISBN 9789814313643.
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