Background
Aye, Maung was born on December 25, 1937 in Kon Balu, Myanmar.
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Aye, Maung was born on December 25, 1937 in Kon Balu, Myanmar.
Maung Aye graduated from the Defence Services Academy in Pyin U Lwin with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1959.
In 1968, he became commander of the Northeast Region. In 1988, he became commander of the Eastern Region. Two years later he was promoted to major-general.
In 1992 he was made Army Chief.
In 1993 he was named Lieutenant General and the Deputy Commander in Chief of Defense Services. In 1994 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of SLORC, and subsequently held the same position in the SPDC. Maung Aye and Senior General Than Shwe, along with six other top military officers, were reported to have resigned their military posts on 27 August 2010.
He reportedly transferred the deputy commander-in-chief post to Lieutenant-General Ko Ko, head of Chief of Bureau of Special Operation-3, but remains the country"s deputy head of state. The rumours were later proven false.
Nandar Aye is married to Pyi Aung (also spelt Pye Aung), the son of Aung Thaung, a former government minister and Pyithu Hluttaw representative.
Member of State Law and Restoration Council (SLORC) (vice-chair 1994-1997).
