U Htin Linn Aung ( my, ထင်လင်းအောင်; also spelt Htin Lin Aung) is a Burmese politician, social activist, former inmate, and technician who currently serves as the Union Minister of Communications, Information and Technology of the National Unity Government of Myanmar.

Early life and education

Htin Linn Aung was born in

Nyaungdon Nyaungdon ( my, ညောင်တုန်းမြို့ ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Nyaungdon Township in the Maubin District Maubin District ( my, မအူပင်ခရိုင� ...

Maubin District Maubin District ( my, မအူပင်ခရိုင် ) is a district in Ayeyarwady Division, Myanmar. It consists of 39 wards, 235 village groups and 1642 villages organized into four townships - Maubin, Pantanaw, Nyaungdon Nyaungdon ( my, ...

Ayeyarwady Region Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bor ...

and was an alumnus of Rangoon Institute of Technology. He completed his bachelor's degree in Science in Computer Network and Security from the

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Political career

He joined the student movements in 1996 and 1998 during his university years at the Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT). In 2000, he was sentenced to prison for seven years for his involvement in the student movement at

Pyay Technological University Pyay Technological University (PTU) ( my, ပြည်နည်းပညာတက္ကသိုလ်, ), in Pyay, is one of three senior engineering universities in Myanmar. It offers bachelor's and master's degree programs in architecture and ...

. He moved to

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in 2008 after taking part in the

Saffron Revolution The Saffron Revolution ( my, ရွှေဝါရောင်တော်လှန်ရေး) was a series of economic and political protests and demonstrations that took place during August, September, and October 2007 in Myanmar. The pro ...

. On 22 February 2021, when CRPH's international relations office was opened in Maryland, Htin Linn Aung was appointed as its special representative.

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Living people Burmese politicians Burmese activists Burmese prisoners and detainees Burmese democracy activists People from Ayeyarwady Region Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Burmese politicians {{Myanmar-politician-stub