Hla Htay Win
Hla Htay Win | |
|---|---|
လှဌေးဝင်း | |
 Hla Htay Win in 2012 | |
| Representative of the Pyithu Hluttaw | |
| In office 1 February 2016 – 1 February 2021 | |
| Preceded by | General Thura Shwe Mann |
| Succeeded by | Than Htay[1] |
| Constituency | Zeyathiri Township |
| Chief of Staff (Army, Navy, Air Force) | |
| In office 2010–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Senior General Min Aung Hlaing |
| Succeeded by | General Khin Aung Myint[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1957 Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Burma) |
| Political party | Union Solidarity and Development Party |
| Alma mater | Defence Services Academy |
| Occupation | Army general |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Myanmar |
| Branch/service |  Myanmar Army |
| Years of service | 1979-2015 |
| Rank |  General |
| Unit | Ministry of Defence |
Hla Htay Win (Burmese: လှဌေးဝင်း; pronounced [l̥a̰ tʰé wɪ́ɰ̃]; born 1957) is a Burmese army general that ranks number (3) military leader in the Myanmar Army.[3][4] In July 2015, he resigned from this position and joined the Union Solidarity and Development Party.[5][6] Through this, he became a Myanmar politician as a member of parliament.[7][8][9]
Military career and education
[edit]Hla Htay Win is a graduate officer of Cadet Course No. (20) of the Defence Services Academy which opened in 1975.[10] Gazette number is 14799.[11][12] He served in the Tatmadaw since 1979. After that, he was a military officer (Colonel).[13][14] He also served as the Commander of No. (11) Infantry Division Headquarters, The commander of Yangon Region Military Headquarters, Chief Military Training Officer, and Chief of Staff of the Tatmadaw (Army, Navy, Air).[15][16][17]
Notable events
[edit]On 19 February 2001, the State Peace and Development Council; Secretary (2); Special Operations Team Commander and Chief of Staff (Army) Lieutenant General Tin Oo; Major General Thura Thihathura Sis Maung, Commander of the Southeast Regional Military Command; Minister of the Prime Minister's Office Brigadier General Loong Maung died in a helicopter crash near Ba An in Karen State.[18][19]
Political life
[edit]Hla Htay Win retired from the Tatmadaw in 2018 to run for the general election in 2015.[20][21] He represented the Union Solidarity and Development Party as a member of the Central Executive Committee and was elected from Nay Pyi Taw Zeyathiri Constituency and became a member of the People's Hluttaw.[22][23]
Awards received
[edit]The President of Myanmar has awarded him the title of Thray Sithu.[24][25]
References
[edit]- ^ "ဇေယျာသီရိမှာ USDP ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ နိုင်တယ်လို့ ကော်မရှင်အတည်ပြု". RFA Burmese. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "တပ်မတော် ကာကွယ်ရေး ဦးစီးချုပ် ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး သရေ စည်သူ မင်းအောင်လှိုင် တပ်မတော် သူနာပြုနှင့် ဆေးဘက်ပညာ တက္ကသိုလ်၊ သူနာပြုနှင့် ဆေးဘက်ပညာ သိပ္ပံဘွဲ့ သင်တန်း အမှတ်စဉ် (၁၃) သင်တန်း ဆင်းဂုဏ်ပြု စစ်ရေးပြ အခမ်းအနား တက်ရောက် အမှာစကား ပြောကြား". Myanmar Digital News. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ "တပ်မတော်အနေဖြင့် ရွေးကောက်ပွဲကြီး အောင်မြင်ရန် ပြည်သူတို့နှင့်အတူ လက်တွဲဆောင်ရွက်မည် (The Tatmadaw will work together with the people to make the election a success)". Myanmar Digital News (in Burmese). 27 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ Htet Naing Zaw (10 February 2020). "Who Is Myanmar's New Home Affairs Minister?". The Irrawaddy.
- ^ "USDP's Hla Htay Win: 'If I Lose, I'll Commend the Winner and Shake Hands'". The Irrawaddy. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "USDP to hold party conference and elect new chair in October". Myanmar NOW. 22 September 2022.
- ^ "သမ္မတလောင်းများ လွှတ်တော်တွင်း အဆိုတင် (Presidential candidates proposed in parliament)". VOA Burmese (in Burmese). 10 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Lt-Gen Mya Tun Oo Appointed Burmese Military's Chief of General Staff". The Irrawaddy. 29 August 2016.
- ^ Nyein Nyein (7 November 2015). "USDP's Hla Htay Win: 'If I Lose, I'll Commend the Winner and Shake Hands'". The Irrawaddy.
- ^ "As Eyes Turn to Naypyidaw, a Question of Which Three". The Irrawaddy. 9 March 2016.
- ^ "Military arrests high-ranking General Administration Department official". Myanmar NOW. 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Speculation grows over military's vice-presidential nominee". Frontier Myanmar. 26 February 2016.
- ^ Htet Naing Zaw (30 June 2017). "Lawmaker Criticizes Govt on Rakhine Issue". The Irrawaddy.
- ^ Thompson Chau, Dominic Oo. "'Survival at any cost': Myanmar generals move to cement power". Al Jazeera News.
- ^ Wai Moe (24 May 2011). "Bangladesh Army Chief Visits Burma". The Irrawaddy.
- ^ "In Solidarity with Coup Leader, Myanmar Ex-Generals Appear at Armed Forces Day Event". The Irrawaddy. 29 March 2022.
- ^ Egreteau, Renaud. "The (Few) Generals That Don't Exit in Myanmar". The Diplomat.
- ^ Yan Pai (24 August 2010). "More Senior Officers Reportedly Resign to Join USDP". The Irrawaddy.
- ^ Paw Htun (18 January 2022). "Sacking of Myanmar Air Force Chief Fuels Personal Rift Rumors". The Irrawaddy.
- ^ Htet Naing Zaw (26 May 2018). "Deputy Home Affairs Minister Leaves Post to Return to Top Military Job". The Irrawaddy.
- ^ Phyo Thiha Cho (1 July 2020). "USDP says it's no longer favouring retired military officials as MP candidates". Myanmar NOW.
- ^ Min Lwin (27 June 2008). "Lt-Gen Myint Swe: Future No 2?". The Irrawaddy.
- ^ "Burma, North Korea Said To Expand Military Ties". Radio Free Asia. 7 February 2009.
- ^ Kyaw Phyo Tha. "Senior NLD Leader Calls UEC Bias Over Election Complaints". The Irrawaddy.
- ^ "Myanmar Junta Detains Yangon Commerce Minister and Mayor". The Irrawaddy. 24 March 2022.