Thein Nyunt ( my, သိန်းညွန့်) was one of six ministers of the President's Office, in the

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(

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

), as well as the Mayor and the Chairman of the

Naypyidaw Naypyidaw, officially spelled Nay Pyi Taw (; ), is the capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located at the centre of the Naypyidaw Union Territory. It is unusual among Myanmar's cities, as it is an entirely planned city outs ...

Council, which governs the national capital. He served for

State Peace and Development Council The State Peace and Development Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော် အေးချမ်းသာယာရေး နှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ကောင်စီ ; abbreviated SPDC or , ) was the offi ...

as the Minister of Progress of Border Areas, National Races and Development Affairs. Thein Nyunt was appointed interim mayor of

, the national capital of Myanmar on 1 March 2006 and subsequently became the Chairman of the Naypyidaw Council. He is a retired army colonel.

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Living people Government ministers of Myanmar 1948 births People from Ayeyarwady Region Union Solidarity and Development Party politicians {{Myanmar-politician-stub