Myint Naing

{{Short description|Burmese politician and political prisoner}}

{{Other people}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix = His Excellency
Dr

|name = Myint Naing

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|native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|my|မြင့်နိုင်}}}}

|native_name_lang = Burmese

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|order = 2nd Chief Minister of Sagaing Region

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|term_start = 30 March 2016

|term_end = 1 February 2021

|predecessor = Tha Aye

|successor =

|office2 = Member of the Sagaing Region Hluttaw

|constituency2 = Shwebo Township № 1

|term_start2 = 8 February 2016

|term_end2 = 31 January 2021

|predecessor2 =

|office3 = Member of the Amyotha Hluttaw

|constituency3 = Sagaing Region № 3

|majority =

|term_start3 = 2 May 2012

|term_end3 = 29 January 2016

|predecessor3 = Win Myint

|successor3 = Win Aung

|office4 = Member-elect of the Pyithu Hluttaw

|constituency4 = Kantbalu № 2

|majority4 = 30,628 (76%)

|predecessor4 = Constituency established

|successor4 = Constituency abolished

|party = National League for Democracy

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|10|6|df=y}}

|birth_place = Shwebo, Burma

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|nationality = Burmese

|ethnicity =

|occupation = Politician

|religion =

|spouse =

|children =

|relations = Zaw (father)
Aye Yin (mother)

|alma_mater = Mandalay Institute of Medicine

|website =

|president = Htin Kyaw

|appointer = President of Myanmar}}

Myint Naing ({{langx|my|မြင့်နိုင်}}) is a Burmese politician and former political prisoner who currently serves as Chief Minister of Sagaing Region and previously served as an Amyotha Hluttaw member of parliament for Sagaing Region Constituency № 3.{{cite web | title=Names of Pyithu Hluttaw representatives announced | website=The Myanmar Times | date= | url=http://www.mmtimes.com/2012/news/election2012/election_announc_17.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509090053/http://www.mmtimes.com/2012/news/election2012/election_announc_17.html | archive-date=2012-05-09 | url-status=dead | access-date=|publisher=Government of Myanmar}} In the 1990 Burmese general election, he was elected as an Pyithu Hluttaw MP, winning a majority of 30,628 (76% of the votes), but was never allowed to assume his seat.{{cite web | title=Brief Biographies of Elected MPs | website=www.ibiblio.org | date= | url=http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs/Elections-03.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040921091612/http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs/Elections-03.htm | archive-date=2004-09-21 | url-status=dead | access-date=}}

Early life and education

Myint Naing graduated with a medical degree (MBBS) from the Mandalay Institute of Medicine in 1981.

Political career

He was arrested in September 1990 and sentenced to 25 years under the Burmese Penal Code's Article 122. He actively took part together with his colleagues in the famous Saffron Revolution.

He was elected as member of House of Nationalities in the 2012 Myanmar by-elections. In the 2015 general election, Myint Naing ran for Sagaing Region Hluttaw and was re-elected. In 2016, he was appointed as Chief Minister of Sagaing Region by the President of Myanmar with the recommendation of Sagaing Region Hluttaw.

In the wake of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état on 1 February, Myint Maung was detained by the Myanmar Armed Forces.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=4 February 2021|title=Recent Arrest List|url=https://aappb.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Recent-Arrest-List-CSOsLast-Updated-on-Feb-4.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Assistance Association for Political Prisoners}}

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