Khin Aung Myint

Khin Aung Myint ခင်အောင်မြင့်
Amyotha Hluttaw MP for Mandalay Region № 8 constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 February 2016
Speaker of the Assembly of the Union
In office 31 January 2011 – 1 July 2013
Deputy	Mya Nyein
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Shwe Mann
Speaker of the House of Nationalities
In office 31 January 2011 – 29 January 2016
Deputy	Mya Nyein
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Mahn Win Khaing Than
Amyotha Hluttaw MP for Mandalay Region № 9 constituency
In office 31 January 2011 – 29 January 2016
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Maung Maung Swe
Minister of Culture
In office 15 May 2006 – 30 March 2011
Prime Minister	Soe Win Thein Sein
Preceded by	Kyi Aung
Succeeded by	Kyaw Hsan
Personal details
Born	1945 (age 70–71)[1]
Political party	Union Solidarity and Development Party
Spouse(s)	Khin Phyone
Military service
Allegiance	Myanmar
Service/branch	Myanmar Army
Rank	Major General

Khin Aung Myint (Burmese: ခင်အောင်မြင့်) is a Burmese politician and incumbent Amyotha Hluttaw MP for Mandalay Region № 8 constituency. He previously served as Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw, the upper house of the Myanmar parliament.^[2] A senior official of the Myanmar military government and a major general, he is a former Director of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare in the Myanmar Ministry of Defense and was assigned as Minister of Culture after Kyi Aung in 2006. He is also a member of the Central Organizing Committee of the Myanmar War Veterans Organization.^[3]

During the 2007 Burmese protests he travelled to Shan State in the north of the country to lobby support for the continuity of the government regime. In a March 2012 interview with The Irrawaddy, he called corruption the biggest issue facing the country.^[1]

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