Han Tha Myint ( my, ဟန်သာမြင့်; also spelt Han Thar Myint) is a Burmese politician. He currently serves on the National League for Democracy's Central Executive Committee and is a party spokesman. Han Tha Myint won the seat in the Pyithu Hluttaw to represent the

Budalin Township Budalin Township is a township in Monywa District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar.

Constituency No. 1 during 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 parliament-sized constitutional committee to draft ...

, winning about 81% of the votes (16,645 valid votes). The

Union Election Commission The Union Election Commission ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စု ရွေးကောက်ပွဲ ကော်မရှင်, abbreviated UEC) is the national level electoral commission of Myanmar (Burma), responsible for organising an ...

announced his forced resignation from the post on 11 June 1996. In the wake of the

2021 Myanmar coup d'état A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then veste ...

on 1 February, Han Tha Myint was detained by the

Myanmar Armed Forces Tatmadaw (, , ) is the official name of the armed forces of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is administered by the Ministry of Defence and composed of the Myanmar Army, the Myanmar Navy and the Myanmar Air Force. Auxiliary services include th ...

. He was born to parents Thein Pe Myint and Khin Khin Kyi on 7 May 1948 in Rangoon, Burma. His father

Thein Pe Myint Thein Pe Myint ( my, သိန်းဖေမြင့် ; also ''Thakin'' Thein Pe ( ); 10 July 1914 – 15 January 1978) was a Burmese politician, writer and journalist. A writer of several politically and socially prominent books and the foun ...

was a prominent Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League leader and a close friend of General Aung San. Han Tha Myint obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the Rangoon Institute of Technology in 1970.

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