Soe Thein

Soe Thein
စိုးသိန်း
Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 August 2012[1] Serving with Thein Nyunt, Soe Maung, Aung Min, Hla Tun and Tin Naing Thein
Preceded by	Position established
Minister for Industry 2 of Myanmar
In office June 2008 – 27 August 2012
Pyithu Hluttaw MP
In office 31 January 2011 – 30 March 2011
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Tin Tin Yi (NLD)
Constituency	Kyunsu Township
Majority	Ran unopposed
Amyotha Hluttaw MP
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2016
Constituency	Kayah State № 9
Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Navy
In office ? – June 2008
Personal details
Born	(1949-09-07) 7 September 1949 (age 75) Rangoon, Burma
Nationality	Burmese
Political party	Union Solidarity and Development Party (2010-2015) Independent
Spouse	Khin Aye Kyin
Children	Aye Chan Yimon Aye Thida Aye
Military service
Allegiance	Myanmar
Branch/service	Myanmar Navy
Years of service	-2010
Rank	Vice-Admiral

Soe Thein (Burmese: စိုးသိန်း; born 7 September 1949 in Rangoon, Burma), also spelt Soe Thane, served as Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar (Burma) between 2011 and 2016 and a former Minister for Industry-2 of Myanmar (Burma) in 2010-2012 [2] He previously served as the Commander in Chief of the Myanmar Navy and is a retired Vice Admiral.[2][3] After Ministry 1 and 2 have been combined, he was served as Minister for Industry. He also served as the Chairman of Myanmar Investment Commission from 2010-2013.

Soe Thein has been accused of buying votes in Bawlakhe twice, in 2015 and in 2020.[4] He won that constituency both times.

Personal life

Soe Thein is married to Khin Aye Kyin, also called Aye Aye.[5] He has one son, Aye Chan (b. 1973), and 2 daughters, Yimon Aye (b. 1980) and Thida Aye (b. 1979).[5] Thida Aye is a director at the Singaporean investment firm Dymon Asia, while Aye Chan is an Executive Director of an e-commerce site called RGO47.[6] Yimon Aye is an assistant professor of chemistry at EPFL.[7]

References

1. "ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးများ ပြောင်းလဲတာဝန်ပေးခြင်း" (in Burmese). ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတရုံး. 27 August 2012. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
2. 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)
3. Kyaw, Aye Thida (26 February 2012). "Singapore hints at increased role". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.
4. "USDP's Soe Thein, ex-minister accused of buying votes in 2015, wins re-election in Kayah state". myanmar-now.org. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
5. "Council Decision 2012/98/CFSP of 17 February 2012 amending Decision 2010/232/CFSP renewing restrictive measures against Burma/Myanmar". Official Journal of the European Union. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
6. "ပြည်ခိုင်ဖြိုးကိုယ်စားလှယ်လောင်း ဝန်ကြီးဟောင်းများပိုင်ဆိုင်သည့် ကုမ္ပဏီများ". Myanmar NOW (in Burmese). Retrieved 2022-02-17.
7. "Prof Yimon AYE". EPFL. Retrieved 2022-02-17.