Thet Naing Win

Thet Naing Win
သက်နိုင်ဝင်း
Minister of Border Affairs
In office
February 2013 – 13 August 2015[1]
Preceded byThein Htay
Succeeded byKyaw Swe
General Secretary of the Union Solidarity and Development Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 August 2016
Preceded byTin Naing Thein
Personal details
Born22 July 1955 (1955-07-22) (age 69)
Maubin, Irrawaddy Division, Burma
NationalityBurmese
Political partyUnion Solidarity and Development Party
Military service
Allegiance Burma
Branch/serviceMyanmar Army
Rank Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General Thet Naing Win (Burmese: သက်နိုင်ဝင်း) is a Lieutenant General in the Myanmar Army. He was the Minister of Border Affairs, having been appointed by Thein Sein in February 2013, to replace Thein Htay, who returned to the Ministry of Defence.[2]

Early life

Thet Naing Win was born on 22 July 1955 in Maubin, Irrawaddy Division, Burma.[3] After obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Mawlamyine, he joined and attended OTS intake 56.[4] He later earned a Master of Arts degree in defence too.[3]

Career

Thet Naing Win served as the chief of the Defense Ministry's Bureau of Special Operations from 2010 to 2013.[2] Before that, he was commander of the Southeastern Regional Command (Mon State) in the 2000s.[2] Thet Naing Win on August 23 was elected General Secretary of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, preceded by Tin Naing Thein, former Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar and retired brigadier general. replacing former president Thein Sein.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Top ministers resign". Eleven. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Nyein Nyein (14 February 2013). "Former Generals to Run Burma's Telecoms, Border Affairs Ministries". The Irrawaddy. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Air force chief gets ICT post". Eleven Media Group. The Nation. 15 February 2013. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. ^ "ဝန်ကြီးသစ် ၂ ဦးခန့်ဖို့ သမ္မတ အဆိုပြု - BBC Burmese - မြန်မာ့ရေးရာ" (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  5. ^ Ei Ei Toe Lwin (24 August 2016). "U Thein Sein steps down as USDP chair". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.