Nyan Win Explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Nyan Win
Native Name Lang:my
Office:1st Chief Minister of Bago Region
Term Start:30 March 2011
Term End:30 March 2016
Predecessor:Office Established
Successor:Win Thein
Constituency:Zigon Township
Office2:18th Minister of Foreign Affairs
Leader2:Than Shwe
Term Start2:18 September 2004
Term End2:30 March 2011
Predecessor2:Win Aung
Successor2:Wunna Maung Lwin
Office3:Deputy Chief of Armed Forces Training
Birth Date:22 January 1953
Nationality:Burmese
Party:Union Solidarity and Development Party
Spouse:Myint Myint Soe
Children:3 sons[1]
Alma Mater:Defence Services Academy
National Defence College, India
Branch:Myanmar Army
Rank:Major General
President:Thein Sein
Appointer:President of Myanmar

Nyan Win (Burmese: ဉာဏ်ဝင်း, in Burmese pronounced as /ɲàɰ̃ wɪ́ɰ̃/; born 22 January 1953) is a former Chief Minister of Bago Region, having served from 2011 to 2016. He won a Regional Hluttaw seat in an uncontested election in 2010, representing Zigon Township,[2] and was appointed Chief Minister of the region on 30 March 2011. Prior to his election, he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, having been appointed on 18 September 2004. He was a Major General in the Burmese Army. He was Deputy Chief of Military Training for the Myanmar Armed Forces before he became a member of the SPDC. He also served as Commandant of CGSC (Command and General Staff College). He graduated from the 18th intake of Defence Services Academy (DSA).[3] He is married to Myint Myint Soe.

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  1. Web site: Burma's New Foreign Minister: Not Ready For Prime Time?. https://archive.today/20130221082439/http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=04RANGOON1250. dead. 21 February 2013. 22 September 2004. American Embassy at Rangoon. 13 April 2012.
  2. News: Burma FM ‘guaranteed election win’. Aye Nai. 21 August 2011. Democratic Voice of Burma. 21 August 2011.
  3. News: Introducing Burma’s New Foreign Minister. 20 September 2004. The Irrawaddy. 21 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110303022625/http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=4001. 3 March 2011. dead. dmy-all.