Myint Hlaing

Myint Hlaing
Myint Hlaing
	မြင့်လှိုင်
Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation
	In office; 30 March 2011 – 30 March 2016
Pyithu Hluttaw MP
	In office; 31 January 2011 – 30 March 2011
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Naingngan Lin (NLD)
Constituency	Dekkhinathiri Township
Majority	13,398 (90.14%)[1]
Chief of Air Defence Forces
	In office; May 2006 – August 2010
Personal details
Born	13 August 1953; Mogok, Burma
Nationality	Burmese
Political party	Union Solidarity and Development Party
Military service
Allegiance	Burma
Branch/service	Myanmar Army
Years of service	1970-2010
Rank	Lieutenant General

Myint Hlaing (Burmese: မြင့်လှိုင်; born 13 August 1953) was the Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation of Myanmar (Burma) from 2011 to 2016.[2] He is a retired lieutenant general in the Myanmar Army and Chief of the Air Defence Forces from May 2006 to August 2010.[2] He also served as Commander of Northeast Regional Command based in Lasho, Shan State.

Early life and education

Myint Hlaing was born on 13 August 1953 in Mogok, Mandalay Division. He graduated from the 17th intake of the Defence Services Academy in 1975. He is a close associate of former SPDC Vice Senior General Maung Aye, having served under him in the Tatmadaw’s Eastern Command during the late 1980s. In 1995, Myint Hlaing attended military training in Nanjing, China.

gollark: If you have some accident and get injured horribly, you probably won't *learn* much, just... get horribly injured, you don't want the accident anyway.

gollark: And if there was a convenient not-too-bad way to reduce injuries with knives, they would probably be used. I imagine chefs have something.

gollark: Yes, but it's harder.

gollark: Not really.

gollark: Also, you wear uncomfortable helmets because otherwise you could be horribly injured.

References

"MANDALAY DIVISION". Alternative Asean Network on Burma. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
Kudo, Toshihiro (26 July 2011). "New Government in Myanmar: Profiles of Ministers". Institute of Developing Economies - Japan External Trade Organization. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[1] "MANDALAY DIVISION". Alternative Asean Network on Burma. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.

[kudo-2] Kudo, Toshihiro (26 July 2011). "New Government in Myanmar: Profiles of Ministers". Institute of Developing Economies - Japan External Trade Organization. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)