Tin Aye | |
Native Name: | Burmese: တင်အေး |
Native Name Lang: | my |
Term Start: | 30 March 2011 |
Term End: | 30 March 2016 |
President: | Thein Sein |
Predecessor: | Thein Soe |
Successor: | Hla Thein |
Order1: | Pyithu Hluttaw MP |
Constituency1: | Tada-U Township |
Term Start1: | 31 January 2011 |
Term End1: | 16 February 2011 |
President1: | Thein Sein |
Predecessor1: | Constituency established |
Successor1: | Khin Thanda |
Party: | USDP |
Birth Date: | 20 October 1945[1] |
Birth Place: | Letsaungyu village, Tada-U Township, Burma |
Nationality: | Burmese |
Spouse: | Kyi Kyi Ohn |
Children: | 3 |
Alma Mater: | Defence Services Academy |
Otherparty: | SPDC (1997–2011) |
Allegiance: | Myanmar |
Branch: | Myanmar Army |
Serviceyears: | through April 2010 |
Rank: | Lieutenant General |
Commands: | MOC-4 Southern Command |
Awards: | 15 decorations, including Distinguished Service Medal |
Tin Aye (my|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]