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Aung Thein Lin

Aung Thein Lin
အောင်သိန်းလင်း
Pyithu Hluttaw MP
In office
31 January 2011 – 29 January 2016
Preceded by New Office
Succeeded by Than Win
Constituency South Okkalapa Township
Mayor of Yangon
In office
27 August 2003 – 30 March 2011
Preceded by Ko Lay
Succeeded by Hla Myint
Deputy minister of Ministry of Industry 2
Personal details
Born (1949-07-10) 10 July 1949 (age 68)
Yangon, Myanmar
Political party USDP
Spouse(s) Khin San Nwe
Residence Yangon
Alma mater Defence Services Academy
Military service
Allegiance Myanmar Myanmar
Service/branch Myanmar Army
Years of service 197?–2010
Rank Brigadier General
Commands Light Infantry Division 101

Aung Thein Lin (Burmese: အောင်သိန်းလင်း [àʊɴ θéɪɴ lɪ́ɴ]; also spelled Aung Thein Linn) is a Burmese politician, and a member of parliament at the Pyithu Hluttaw from the South Okkalapa constituency. The former brigadier general in the Myanmar Army was mayor of Yangon from 2003 to 2011. He was a major in the military in 1988 and later became the commander of Light Infantry Division 101 and then deputy minister of Industry-2 as well as an executive of the junta’s mass organization, the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), which was transformed into the Union Solidarity and Development Party in April 2010.


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