Tin Aung Myint Oo

Tin Aung Myint Oo
တင်အောင်မြင့်ဦး
Tin Aung Myint Oo in 2010
1st First Vice President of Myanmar
In office
30 March 2011 – 1 July 2012
Serving with Sai Mauk Kham
PresidentThein Sein
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded bySai Mauk Kham
Member of the Burmese House of Representatives
In office
31 January 2011 – 30 March 2011
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byZayar Thaw
ConstituencyPobbathiri Township
Majority44,305 (90.57%)
Secretary 1 of the State Peace and Development Council
In office
25 October 2007 – 7 November 2010
Preceded byThein Sein
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Secretary 2 of the State Peace and Development Council
In office
19 October 2004 – 25 October 2007
Preceded byThein Sein
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1949-05-29) 29 May 1949 (age 75)
Burma (now Myanmar)
Political partyUSDP
SpouseKhin Saw Hnin[1]
ChildrenNaing Linn Oo[1]
ResidenceNaypyidaw
Alma materDefence Services Academy
OccupationArmy Officer
AwardsThihathura
Military service
AllegianceMyanmar Myanmar
Branch/serviceMyanmar Army
Rank General

Thihathura Tin Aung Myint Oo (Burmese: တင်အောင်မြင့်ဦး [tɪ̀ɰ̃ àʊɰ̃ mjɪ̰ɰ̃ ʔú]; born 29 May 1949) is a Burmese former military official and politician who served as First Vice President of Myanmar from 30 March 2011 to 1 July 2012. He is also chairman of Burmese Trade Council, having been appointed in November 2007 by Than Shwe, in response to Saffron Revolution demonstrations in October of that year,[2] and Minister of Military Affairs.[3] He joined the Buddhist monkhood on 3 May, after speculation over his disappearance had circulated throughout news media.[4]

  1. ^ a b "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK". Her Majesty's Treasury. UK Government. 20 April 2011. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  2. ^ Skidmore, Monique; Trevor Wilson (2008). Dictatorship, Disorder and Decline in Myanmar. ANU E Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-921536-32-8.
  3. ^ Buncombe, Andrew (7 May 2012). "Burma's hardline vice-president Tin Aung Myint Oo quits as reforms gather pace". The Independent. London.
  4. ^ "VP has 'become a monk': govt official". Myanmar Times. 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2012.