Khin Yi

In this Burmese name, the given name is Khin Yi. There is no family name.
Khin Yi
ခင်ရီ
Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 September 2022
Acting: 12 September 2022 – 5 October 2022
Vice ChairmanMyat Hein
Preceded byThan Htay
Minister of Immigration and Population
In office
1 August 2021[1] – 19 August 2022
PresidentMyint Swe (acting)
Prime MinisterMin Aung Hlaing
Preceded byMyint Kyaing
Succeeded byMyint Kyaing
In office
30 March 2011 – 12 August 2015[2]
PresidentThein Sein
Preceded byMg Oo
Succeeded byKo Ko
Chief of the Myanmar Police Force
In office
30 April 2002 – 30 March 2011
Preceded bySoe Win
Succeeded byZaw Win
Vice Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party
In office
31 December 2019 – 5 October 2022
Serving with Myat Hein
ChairmanThan Htay
Personal details
Born (1952-12-29) 29 December 1952 (age 72)
Myaungmya, Burma
NationalityBurmese
Political partyUnion Solidarity and Development Party
SpouseKhin May Soe
Alma materDefense Service Acedamy
Military service
AllegianceMyanmar
Branch/serviceMyanmar Army
Years of service-2010
Rank Brigadier General

Khin Yi (Burmese: ခင်ရီ) is a Burmese politician who served as Minister of Immigration and Population from March 2011 to August 2015 and again from August 2021 to August 2022 as well as[3] Chief of the Myanmar Police Force from April 2002 to March 2011. He has served as Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party in acting capacity from September[4] to October 2022 and official capacity since October 2022 as well as Vice Chairman of the party from December 2019 to his official promotion to the party chairmanship in October 2022.[3] He is widely regarded as a close ally of Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the State Administration Council, the Prime Minister and the Commander-in-chief of Defence Services.[5]

Early life and education

Khin Yi was born on 29 December 1952. He graduated from the 17th intake in the Defence Services Academy.[6]

Career

He ordered the bloody crackdown on protesters at the Saffron Revolution, later became Immigration Minister in Thein Sein's quasi-civilian government and again in the military junta Min Aung Hlaing's cabinet.[7]

References

  1. ^ "နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ စီမံခန့်ခွဲရေး ကော်မတီကို အိမ်စောင့်အစိုးရအဖွဲ့ အဖြစ် ပြင်ဆင်ဖွဲ့စည်း" (in Burmese).
  2. ^ "Top ministers resign". Eleven. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b Kudo, Toshihiro (26 July 2011). "New Government in Myanmar: Profiles of Ministers". Institute of Developing Economies - Japan External Trade Organization. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "Myanmar's army-backed party to replace chief with general's ally". Nikkei Asia. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Myanmar military-linked party names junta chief's ally as leader". The Star. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Myanmar Coup Conspirator Took Suu Kyi's Naypyitaw Home". The Irrawaddy. 2022-08-25. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  7. ^ "Junta Watch: Coup Leader's Wife Draws Public Ire; Suu Kyi's New Charge and More". The Irrawaddy. 4 December 2021.