Hla Myint | |
Native Name Lang: | my |
Order: | Mayor of Yangon |
Term Start: | 6 April 2011[1] |
Term End: | 6 April 2016 |
Predecessor: | Aung Thein Lin |
Successor: | Maung Maung Soe |
Office2: | Myanmar Ambassador to Japan |
Term Start2: | 2005 |
Term End2: | 2010 |
Office3: | Myanmar Ambassador to Argentina and Brazil |
Term Start3: | 2002 |
Term End3: | 2005 |
Successor3: | Htein Win |
Birth Date: | 1948 or 1949 |
Party: | USDP |
Residence: | Yangon |
Alma Mater: | Defence Services Academy |
Allegiance: | Myanmar |
Branch: | Myanmar Army |
Serviceyears: | 1971–2002 |
Rank: | Brigadier General |
Commands: | Northeastern Command |
Hla Myint (Burmese: လှမြင့် in Burmese pronounced as /l̥a̰ mjɪ̰ɰ̃/) is a Burmese politician, ambassador, and former mayor of Yangon. He was also a brigadier general in the Myanmar Army, and has served as a diplomat.
Myint studied at the Defense Services Academy from 1967 to 1971. He retired as brigadier general in 2002. After military service, he had served as ambassador to Argentina and Brazil from 2002 to 2005, and to Japan from 2005 to 2010.[2]