He previously served as Chief Minister of Shan State.
[1] He is a retired Lieutenant-Colonel in the Myanmar Army, having graduated from the Defense Services Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree.
[1] A member of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, he was elected to represent Pindaya Township Constituency No.
1 as a Shan State Hluttaw representative in the 2010 Burmese general election.
[2] Aung Myat was born on 14 April 1963 to Nyunt Aung and Khin Kyi, in Pwela, Pindaya Township, Burma.