Tin Aung Myint Oo
| Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo တင်အောင်မြင့်ဦး |
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|---|---|
| First Vice President of Myanmar | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 30 March 2011 Serving with Sai Mauk Kham |
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| President | Thein Sein |
| Preceded by | Maung Aye (Vice Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 May 1950 Burma (now Myanmar) |
| Political party | USDP |
| Spouse(s) | Khin Saw Hnin[1] |
| Children | Naing Linn Oo[1] |
| Residence | Naypyidaw |
| Alma mater | Defence Services Academy |
| Occupation | Army Officer |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Army |
| Rank | General |
Thihathura Tin Aung Myint Oo (Burmese: တင်အောင်မြင့်ဦး [tɪ̀ɴ àʊɴ mjɪ̰ɴ ʔú]; born 29 May 1950) is one of the Vice Presidents of Myanmar. He is also chairman of Burmese Trade Council, having been appointed in November 2007 by Than Shwe, in response to Saffron Revolution demonstrations in October of that year,[2] and Minister of Military Affairs.
He graduated from the 12th intake of the Defence Services Academy and subsequently earned the title "Thihathura" in 1980 for fighting the Communist Party of Burma.[3] He was nominated into the State Peace and Development Council in 2007 as Secretary (1) and was promoted to general in March 2009.[3] He contested the Burmese general election, 2010 as a parliamentary candidate for the Union Solidarity and Development Party, to represent the constituents of Naypyidaw's Pobba Thiri Township.[3]
Tin Aung Myint Oo became a Vice-President on 4 February 2011, prior to this he was the First Secretary of the State Peace and Development Council, the military regime which seized power in 1988. He is one of the wealthiest members in the former SPDC, and is well known for close ties with Zaw Zaw, a Burmese tycoon.[2][4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK". Her Majesty's Treasury. UK Government. 20 April 2011. http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/burma.htm. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ a b Skidmore, Monique; Trevor Wilson (2008). Dictatorship, Disorder and Decline in Myanmar. ANU E Press. pp. 41. ISBN 9781921536328.
- ^ a b c Tun Tun (3 February 2011). "Profiles of vice president nominees". Mizzima News. http://www.mizzima.com/news/election-2010-/4837-profiles-of-vice-president-nominees.html. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Will Likely Vice President Be Brave?". The Irrawaddy. 3 February 2011. http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=20666&page=2. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
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