Tin Aye

Who is Tin Aye?

Tin Aye is a retired Burmese lieutenant general and currently chairs the country's Union Election Commission. In the Burmese general election, 2010, he contested a Pyithu Hluttaw seat in Tada-U Township and won. However, he vacated his seat in February 2012 to assume a new position, as Chairman of the UEC. He graduated from the Defence Services Academy and is a decorated soldier, having received 15 decorations. He formerly served as the chairman of Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings, an conglomerate owned by the Burmese military.