Tin Aye

Tin Aye
တင်အေး
Chairman of the Union Election Commission
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 79)[1]
Letsaungyu village,
Tada-U Township, Burma
NationalityBurmese
Political partyUSDP
Other political
affiliations		SPDC (1997–2011)
SpouseKyi Kyi Ohn
Children3
Alma materDefence Services Academy
Awards15 decorations, including Distinguished Service Medal
Military service
AllegianceMyanmar
Branch/serviceMyanmar Army
Years of servicethrough April 2010
RankLieutenant General
CommandsMOC-4
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), a 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.