Htin Linn Aung

In this Burmese name, U is an honorific, not a given name.

In this Burmese name, the given name is Htin Linn Aung. There is no family name.

U Htin Linn Aung (Burmese: ထင်လင်းအောင်; also spelt Htin Lin Aung) is a Burmese politician, social activist, former prisoner of conscience, and computer scientist who currently serves as the Union Minister of Communications, Information and Technology of the National Unity Government of Myanmar.^[1]

U Htin Linn Aung
ထင်လင်းအောင်
Union Minister of Communications, Information and Technology of the National Unity Government of Myanmar
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 February 2021
Personal details
Born	Nyaungdon, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar
Political party	National League for Democracy
Alma mater	University of Maryland
Occupation	Politician, social activist and computer scientist

Early life and education

Htin Linn Aung was born in Nyaungdon, Maubin District, Ayeyarwady Region and was an alumnus of Rangoon Institute of Technology.^[2] He completed his bachelor's degree in Science in Computer Network and Security from the University of Maryland.^[2]

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.

He moved to Maryland in 2008 after taking part in the Saffron Revolution.^[3]

On 22 February 2021, when CRPH's international relations office was opened in Maryland,^[4][5] Htin Linn Aung was appointed as its special representative.^[6]