Chit Naing is a Burmese politician, writer and Minister of Union Government Office. He previously served as a former Minister of Information.[2]

Chit Naing
ချစ်နိုင်
Union Minister for Ministry of Union Government Office (2)[1]
Assumed office
1 August 2021
Prime MinisterMin Aung Hlaing
Preceded byposition established
Union Minister of Information
In office
1 February 2021 – 1 August 2021
PresidentMyint Swe (acting)
Preceded byPe Myint
Succeeded byMaung Maung Ohn
Personal details
BornDecember 1948
Kyi Ni Village, Chauk Township, Magway Division
Nationality MYA
Occupationpolitician, writer

Early life and education

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He was born in December 1948 in Kyi Ni Village, Chauk Township, Magway Division.[3] He studied basic education at Government Middle School in Kyi Ni village, No (11) High School in Chauk.He attended Mandalay University of Arts and Sciences (MASU) and he holds a bachelor's degree in psychology.

Service life

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Military services

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He joined the military in 1971 after graduated in 1970. He served in Lashio, Mingalardon, Nawnghkio, Bahtoo and Kalaw. He has served in Shan State for over 17 years.

Literature

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From August 1995 to November 1997, he served as the Executive Editor-in-Chief of the Myawaddy Literature House, which deals with the military. Since 1984, he has been writing articles on social psychology and youth counseling.He was awarded the 1996 National Literature Prize for youth affairs with his book, "Chit Lo Pyaw Tar Hmat Par" .

In 1999, he led a delegation of Myanmar writers on a friendly visit to the People's Republic of China.He served as the Central Executive Committee of the Myanmar Literature and Press Association.He also served as the director general of Information and Public Relations Department from 1997 to 2009.[citation needed]

Union Minister

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After the military seized power on February 1, 2021, he was appointed as Union Minister of Information in the newly formed military government.[4][5] When the caretaker government was formed on 1 August 2021, he was changed from the Minister of Information to the Minister of the Union Government Office (2).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ် ၁၅၄ / ၂၀၂၁ ၁၃၈၃ ခုနှစ်၊ ဝါဆိုလပြည့်ကျော် ၉ ရက် (၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဩဂုတ်လ ၁ ရက်) ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးများခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပေးခြင်း" (in Burmese).
  2. ^ "Myanmar Military Appoints Ex-Generals, USDP Members to New Govt".
  3. ^ "Burma-related Designations; Iran-related Designations Removals; Non-proliferation Designations Removals". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  4. ^ "EU Sanctions 10 More Myanmar Regime Members But Some Still Missing". The Irrawaddy. 20 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Social Media Campaign Shames Adult Children of Senior Myanmar Junta Members". The Irrawaddy.