Maung Myint

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|name = Maung Akar Tun Myint

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|native_name = {{lang|my|မောင်အာကာထွန်းမြင့်}}

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|office = Member of the Pyithu Hluttaw

|constituency = Mingin Township

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|term_start = 31 March 2016

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|order1 = Minister for Industry of Myanmar

|term_start1 = July 2013

|term_end1 = 30 March 2016

|predecessor1 =

|successor1 = Khin Maung Cho

|order2 = Minister for Labor of Myanmar

|term_start2 = September 2012 to

|term_end2 = July 2013

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|order3 = Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar

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|term_start3 = March 2011

|term_end3 = September 2012

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|party = Union Solidarity and Development Party

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|5|21|df=y}}

|birth_place = Mingin, Sagaing Region, Burma

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|nationality = Burmese

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|spouse = Dr. Khin Mya Win

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Maung Myint ({{langx|my|မောင်မြင့်}}) or Ye Myint is a Burmese politician and incumbent Pyithu Hluttaw member of parliament for Mingin Township.{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1euEmCCPaLT2UvFduzLhJrznIDPx_cue4teB6EMm0zoU/edit#gid=56222309|title=Myanmar Times - Election Winners.xlsx - Google Sheets|publisher=}} He previously served as Minister for Industry of Myanmar. He was appointed to the post by President Thein Sein in July 2013 as a result of a cabinet reshuffle.{{cite news|url=http://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/reshuffle-07262013181548.html|title=Thein Sein Orders Myanmar’s Second Major Cabinet Reshuffle|date=26 July 2013|work=RFA|accessdate=15 July 2015}} Maung Myint contested the 2010 Burmese general election, winning a seat in the Pyithu Hluttaw to represent Thongwa Township constituency.{{cite web|url=http://www.altsean.org/Research/Regime%20Watch/Executive/Cabinet.php|title=Cabinet|date=25 November 2014|work=Alternative Asean Network on Burma|accessdate=15 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520145308/http://www.altsean.org/Research/Regime%20Watch/Executive/Cabinet.php|archive-date=20 May 2017|url-status=dead}} He served as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs from March 2011 to September 2012, and as Minister for Labor from September 2012 to July 2013.

Maung Myint was born on 21 May 1958 in Mingin, Sagaing Region, Burma but grew up in Homalin, Sagaing Region.{{cite web|url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32012D0098|title=COUNCIL DECISION 2012/98/CFSP of 17 February 2012 amending Decision 2010/232/CFSP renewing restrictive measures against Burma/Myanmar|date=17 February 2012|work=Official Journal of the European Union|accessdate=15 July 2015}} He is married to Khin Mya Win.

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