Tin Aye

Tin Aye
Tin Aye
တင်အေး
Chairman of the Union Election Commission
	In office; 30 March 2011 – 30 March 2016
President	Thein Sein
Preceded by	Thein Soe
Succeeded by	Hla Thein
Pyithu Hluttaw MP
	In office; 31 January 2011 – 16 February 2011
President	Thein Sein
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Khin Thanda
Constituency	Tada-U Township
Personal details
Born	20 October 1945 (age 79); Letsaungyu village,; Tada-U Township, Burma
Nationality	Burmese
Political party	USDP
Other political; affiliations	SPDC (1997–2011)
Spouse	Kyi Kyi Ohn
Children	3
Alma mater	Defence Services Academy
Awards	15 decorations, including Distinguished Service Medal
Military service
Allegiance	Myanmar
Branch/service	Myanmar Army
Years of service	through April 2010
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	MOC-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

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b Ko Wild (17 February 2011). "Tin Aye to be EC chairman; Tun Tun Oo appointed chief justice". Mizzima. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ Dittmer, Lowell (2010). Burma Or Myanmar?: The Struggle for National Identity. World Scientific. p. 181. ISBN 9789814313643.