U Thaung (politician)

{{Short description|Burmese politician (born 1937)}}

{{Burmese name|U}}

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|honorific-prefix = U

|name = Thaung

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|native_name = {{lang|my|ဦးသောင်း}}

|native_name_lang = my

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|order = Pyithu Hluttaw MP

|constituency = Kyaukse Township

|majority = 116,178 (83.99%)

|term_start = 31 January 2011

|term_end = 29 January 2016

|predecessor = Constituency established

|successor = Tin Aung

|order2 = Minister for Science and Technology of Myanmar

|term_start2 = 1 November 1998

|term_end2 = 30 March 2011

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|office3 = Ambassador of Burma to the United States

|term_start3 = 1991

|term_end3 = 1996

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|party = Union Solidarity and Development Party

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|7|6|df=y}}

|birth_place = Kyaukse, Burma

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|nationality = Burmese

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|spouse = May Kyi Sein

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U Thaung ({{langx|my|ဦးသောင်း}}) is a Burmese politician who served as Minister for Science and Technology of Myanmar from 1 November 1998 to 30 March 2011. He previously served as an MP in the House of Representatives for Kyaukse Township constituency. He contested the Kyaukse Township in the 2010 Burmese general election and won a seat. However, doubts were raised on the validity of ballot counting and transparency during polling, issues that National Democratic Force candidate Khin Maung Than, reiterated to the Union Election Commission.{{cite news|url=http://www2.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=20384|title=The Mechanics of Manipulation|last=Prakash|first=B.D.|date=December 2010|publisher=The Irrawaddy|accessdate=15 April 2012}}