Myint Naing () is a Burmese politician and former

political prisoner A political prisoner is someone imprisoned for their political activity. The political offense is not always the official reason for the prisoner's detention. There is no internationally recognized legal definition of the concept, although ...

who currently serves as

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Sagaing Region Sagaing Region (, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east. It is border ...

and previously served as an

Amyotha Hluttaw The Amyotha Hluttaw (, ; House of Nationalities) is the ''de jure'' upper house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 224 members, of which 168 are directly elected and 56 appointed by the Myan ...

member of parliament for

Constituency № 3. In the

1990 Burmese general election General elections were held in Myanmar on 27 May 1990, the first multi-party elections since 1960, after which the country had been ruled by a military dictatorship. The elections were for a constitutional committee to draft a new constitutio ...

, 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.

Early life and education

Myint Naing graduated with a medical degree (

MBBS A Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (; MBBS, also abbreviated as BM BS, MB ChB, MB BCh, or MB BChir) is a medical degree granted by medical schools or universities in countries that adhere to the United Kingdom's higher education tradi ...

) 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

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. He was elected as member of

House of Nationalities The Amyotha Hluttaw (, ; House of Nationalities) is the ''de jure'' upper house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 224 members, of which 168 are directly elected and 56 appointed by the My ...

in the

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. In the 2015 general election, Myint Naing ran for

Sagaing Region Hluttaw Sagaing Region Hluttaw () is the legislature of the Burmese region of Sagaing Region. It is a unicameral body, consisting of 101 members, including 76 elected members and 25 military representatives. As of February 2016, the Hluttaw was led by Spe ...

and was re-elected. In 2016, he was appointed as Chief Minister of Sagaing Region by the

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with the recommendation of

. In the wake of the

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on 1 February, Myint Maung was detained by the

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References

Members of the House of Nationalities National League for Democracy politicians Prisoners and detainees of Myanmar Burmese physicians 1951 births Living people People from Sagaing Region University of Medicine, Mandalay alumni {{Burma-politician-stub