Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency Dr |
Myint Naing | |
Native Name Lang: | Burmese |
Order: | 2nd Chief Minister of Sagaing Region |
Term Start: | 30 March 2016 |
Term End: | 1 February 2021 |
Predecessor: | Tha Aye |
Office2: | Member of the Sagaing Region Hluttaw |
Constituency2: | Shwebo Township № 1 |
Term Start2: | 8 February 2016 |
Term End2: | 31 January 2021 |
Office3: | Member of the Amyotha Hluttaw |
Constituency3: | Sagaing Region № 3 |
Term Start3: | 2 May 2012 |
Term End3: | 29 January 2016 |
Predecessor3: | Win Myint |
Successor3: | Win Aung |
Office4: | Member-elect of the Pyithu Hluttaw |
Constituency4: | Kantbalu № 2 |
Majority4: | 30,628 (76%) |
Predecessor4: | Constituency established |
Successor4: | Constituency abolished |
Party: | National League for Democracy |
Birth Date: | 6 October 1951 |
Birth Place: | Shwebo, Burma |
Nationality: | Burmese |
Occupation: | Politician |
Relations: | Zaw (father) Aye Yin (mother) |
Alma Mater: | Mandalay Institute of Medicine |
President: | Htin Kyaw |
Appointer: | President of Myanmar |
Myint Naing (Burmese: မြင့်နိုင်) is a Burmese politician and former political prisoner who currently serves as Chief Minister of Sagaing Region and previously served as an Amyotha Hluttaw member of parliament for Sagaing Region Constituency № 3.[1] In the 1990 Burmese general election, he was elected as an Pyithu Hluttaw MP, winning a majority of 30,628 (76% of the votes), but was never allowed to assume his seat.[2]
Myint Naing graduated with a medical degree (MBBS) from the Mandalay Institute of Medicine in 1981.
He was arrested in September 1990 and sentenced to 25 years under the Burmese Penal Code's Article 122.[2] He actively took part together with his colleagues in the famous Saffron Revolution.
He was elected as member of House of Nationalities in the 2012 Myanmar by-elections. In the 2015 general election, Myint Naing ran for Sagaing Region Hluttaw and was re-elected. In 2016, he was appointed as Chief Minister of Sagaing Region by the President of Myanmar with the recommendation of Sagaing Region Hluttaw.
In the wake of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état on 1 February, Myint Maung was detained by the Myanmar Armed Forces.[3]