Ye Myint | |
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ရဲမြင့် | |
1st Chief Minister of Mandalay Region | |
In office 30 March 2011 – 30 March 2016 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Zaw Myint Maung |
Representative of Mandalay Region Hluttaw | |
In office 30 March 2011 – 30 March 2016 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Constituency | Pyinoolwin Township No. 2 |
Personal details | |
Born | Burma |
Political party | Union Solidarity and Development Party |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Myanmar Army |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Ye Myint ( Burmese: ရဲမြင့်) was the chief minister of Mandalay Region, Myanmar, from 2011 to 2016. He is a former lieutenant general in the Myanmar Army and former chief of Military Affairs Security. [1]
A member of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, he was elected to represent Pyinoolwin Township Constituency No. 2 as a Mandalay Region Hluttaw representative in the 2010 Burmese general election. [2]
In January 2014, a convoy carrying Ye Myint and two other regional ministers was hit by a landmine explosion, at Naungcho, on the Mogok- Pyinoolwin highway, on the way back to Mandalay.[ citation needed] On 19 April 2014, Ye Myint's Mandalay home caught fire, caused by an overheated surge protector connected to an air conditioning unit. [3] On 22 April 2014, he was charged under Article 285 of the Myanmar Penal Code for negligence in a fire.