Succeeded by Kyaw Myint (NUP) Name Tun Aung Nationality Burmese | Majority 18,886 (56.59%) Constituency Nawnghkio Township | |
Born 30 April 1949 (age 74)
Zipingyi village, Pyinoolwin Township, Burma ( 1949-04-30 ) Political party National League for Democracy Spouse(s) Daw Sein Sein Thein (m. 1973) | ||
Tun Aung (Burmese: ထွန်းအောင်; also known as Tun Tun Hein) (born 30 April 1949) is a Burmese politician. He currently serves as a member of the National League for Democracy's (NLD) Central Executive Committee and heads NLD's voter list review committee. He won the seat in the Pyithu Hluttaw to represent the Nawnghkio Township constituency during the Burmese general election, 1990, winning about 57% of the votes (18,886 valid votes).
Tun Aung was born to parents Kya Hein and Mya Khin. A native of Zipingyi village in Pyinoolwin Township, graduated from the Mandalay Arts and Science University with a B.Sc. in zoology in 1968. Tun Aung subsequently became a teacher in Kunlong from 1973 to 1974, and married Sein Sein Thein in 1973. He was arrested in September 1988 for serving as chairman for the Nawnghkio Township General Strike Committee.
Tun Aung was imprisoned in 2012 and was declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. He was related in January 2015.