Tin Aye

Tin Aye
တင်အေး
Tin Aye in 2010
Chairman of the Union Election Commission
In office
30 March 2011 – 30 March 2016
PresidentThein Sein
Preceded byThein Soe
Succeeded byHla Thein
Pyithu Hluttaw MP
In office
31 January 2011 – 16 February 2011
PresidentThein Sein
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byKhin Thanda
ConstituencyTada-U Township
Personal details
Born (1945-10-20) 20 October 1945
Letsaungyu village,
Tada-U Township, Burma
PartyUSDP
Other political
affiliations
SPDC (1997–2011)
SpouseKyi Kyi Ohn
Children3
Alma materDefence Services Academy
Awards15 decorations, including Distinguished Service Medal
Military service
AllegianceMyanmar
Branch/serviceMyanmar Army
Years of servicethrough April 2010
RankLieutenant General
CommandsMOC-4
Southern Command
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Tin Aye (Burmese: 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. He graduated from the Defence Services Academy and is a decorated soldier, having received 15 decorations. He formerly served as the chairman of Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings (UMEH), a conglomerate owned by the Burmese military.