Aye Tha Aung (Burmese: အေးသာအောင် [ʔé θà ʔàʊɴ] also spelt Aye Thar Aung; born: 10 December 1945) is a Burmese politician, former political prisoner and former Deputy Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw, the upper house of the Myanmar parliament.

In the 2015 election, he contested and won the Rakhine State № 6 constituency for a seat in the country's upper house.

He previously served as a sergeant major in the Burmese Army and worked in the Military Industry Corporation.

[1][2][3] Aye Tha Aung has worked with Aung San Suu Kyi since 1990 when he was a member of the Committee Representing the People’s Parliament (CRPP), formed by the National League for Democracy and victorious ethnic politicians to push for the convening of a parliament seating the 1990 election winners.

[2][3] He is a strong defender of the rights of the Buddhist Rakhine people, but he is seen as a less strident nationalist than party leader Aye Maung.