Kyaw Win (general) explained

Honorific-Prefix:Lt Gen. Maha Tharay Sithu
Kyaw Win
Native Name Lang:my
Order:Chief of the Defense Service Training
Term Start:?
Term End:?
Office1:Chief of Bureau of Special Operations 2
Term Start1:?
Term End1:2008
Birth Date:3 January 1944
Birth Place:Burma
Nationality:Burmese
Spouse:San San Yee
Alma Mater:Defence Services Academy
Branch:Myanmar Army
Serviceyears:?–2008
Rank: Lieutenant General
Commands:Northern Military Region in Myitkyina

Lt Gen. Maha Tharay Sithu Kyaw Win (Burmese: ကျော်ဝင်း; born 3 January 1944) is a Burmese military officer and retired lieutenant general in the Myanmar Army, who served as Chief of Defense Service Training. He also served as Chief of Bureau of Special Operations 2 for Shan State and Kayah State.

Military career

He was appointed as Tactical Operations Commander No.1 of the Eastern Military Region under Vice-Senior General Maung Aye in 1988. He later commanded MOC-12 (Kawkareik) and the Northern Military Region in Myitkyina, Kachin State. In November 1997, he was appointed a member of the State Peace and Development Council.

Burma's military establishment has a total of five officers in its Bureau of Special Operations (BSO). Kyaw Win is one of the five BSO officers, and retired with the other four, in order to make way for the newly transferred officers. He retired the Myanmar Army at the rank of Lieutenant general in June 2008.

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