# Thein Aung

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For the Burmese business executive, see [Thein Aung (businessman)](/source/Thein_Aung_(businessman)).

**Thein Aung** (Burmese: *သိန်းအောင်*) is a [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar) politician who served as the [Chief Minister](/source/Chief_Minister) of [Ayeyarwady Region](/source/Ayeyarwady_Region), from 2011 to 2016. He is a former [brigadier-general](/source/Brigadier_General) in the [Myanmar Army](/source/Myanmar_Army) and was a member of the ruling military junta, the [State Peace and Development Council](/source/State_Peace_and_Development_Council).[1][2] He is also a former [Minister for Forestry](/source/Ministry_of_Environmental_Conservation_and_Forestry_(Burma)).[3]

A member of the [Union Solidarity and Development Party](/source/Union_Solidarity_and_Development_Party), he won an uncontested seat to represent [Ingapu Township](/source/Ingapu_Township) Constituency No. 1 as an [Ayeyarwady Region Hluttaw](/source/Ayeyarwady_Region_Hluttaw) representative in the [2010 Burmese general election](/source/2010_Burmese_general_election).[4]

## Personal life

Thein Aung's son [Zaw Hein](/source/Zaw_Hein) is a major-general in the [Burmese armed forces](/source/Tatmadaw) and the incumbent commander of the [Naypyidaw](/source/Naypyidaw) Command.[5][6]

## References

1. ["SPDC CABINET"](http://www.altsean.org/Research/SPDC%20Whos%20Who/SPDCCabinet.htm). Alternative Asean Network on Burma. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

1. ["Ye Myint"](http://www.altsean.org/Research/SPDC%20Whos%20Who/SPDC/YeMyint.htm). *Alternative Asean Network on Burma*. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

1. ["Myanmar region or state parliament agrees to assignment of respective regional chief ministers"](http://www.asean-cn.org/Item/1942.aspx). *Xinhua*. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

1. ["Irrawaddy Division (54 seats)"](http://www.altsean.org/Research/2010/Key%20Facts/Results/Division%20and%20State%20Parliament%20Winners.php#Irrawaddy). *Alternative Asean Network on Burma*. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

1. ["Protégé of regime chief appointed Naypyitaw commander"](https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/protege-of-regime-chief-appointed-naypyitaw-commander). *Myanmar NOW*. 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2023-01-28.

1. ["SAC Vice-Chair Deputy Commander-in-Chief Of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win Leaves For Russia"](https://www.gnlm.com.mm/sac-vice-chair-deputy-commander-in-chief-of-defence-services-commander-in-chief-army-vice-senior-general-soe-win-leaves-for-russia/). *Global New Light Of Myanmar*. 2022-08-27. Retrieved 2023-02-19.

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