Thein Nyunt (; 8 October 1948 – 17 March 2024) was a Burmese politician and army colonel who was one of six ministers of the President's Office, in the

Cabinet of Burma The Cabinet of Myanmar, officially the Union Government (), is the executive body of the government of Myanmar led by the prime minister of Myanmar. The Provisional Government serves as the current cabinet. Qualifications The Constitution ...

(

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

Naypyidaw Naypyidaw (), officially Romanization of Burmese, romanized as Nay Pyi Taw (NPT), is the capital city, 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 ...

Council, which governs the national capital. He served for

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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 Naypyidaw Council (, officially spelt Nay Pyi Taw Council) is the executive body under the President of Myanmar that administers Naypyidaw Union Territory. The Council is formed by the President, who appoints members based on constitutional r ...

. He was an army colonel. Thein Nyunt died from brain cancer on 17 March 2024, at the age of 75.နေပြည်တော်တွင် ထိပ်တန်းရာထူးများရခဲ့သူ ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီးဟောင်း သေဆုံး

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1948 births 2024 deaths Government ministers of Myanmar People from Ayeyarwady Region Union Solidarity and Development Party politicians {{Myanmar-politician-stub