Honorific Prefix: | His Excellency Dr |
Myint Maung | |
Office: | 3rd Chief Minister of Tanintharyi Region |
Appointer: | President of Myanmar |
President: | Htin Kyaw Win Myint |
Term Start: | 11 March 2019 |
Office2: | Member of the Taninthayi Region Hluttaw |
Constituency2: | Kawthaung Township Constituency № 2 |
Term Start2: | 8 February 2016 |
Office3: | Minister of Natural Resource and Environment for Taninthayi Region |
Term Start3: | 5 April 2016 |
Term End3: | 22 March 2019 |
Predecessor3: | Hla Htwe |
Nationality: | Burmese |
Cabinet: | Tanintharyi Region Government |
Occupation: | Politician, |
Birth Place: | Kawthaung Township, Taninthayi Division, Myanmar |
Myint Maung is a Burmese politician who currently serves as Chief Minister of Taninthayi Region and Taninthayi Region Parliament MP for Kawthaung Township Constituency No. 2.[1] [2]
He previously served as the Minister of Natural Resource and Environment for Taninthayi Region from 2016 to 2019. Myint Maung is also the NLD secretary for Tanintharyi Region. He was appointed as acting Chief Minister for Tanintharyi Region on 11 March 2019 after former chief minister Lei Lei Maw was arrested on charges of corruption.[3] [4] On 10 February 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, Myint Maung was arrested and detained during a late-night raid of his residence.[5]