Tin Sein Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Major General
Tin Sein
Native Name Lang:my
Office:Deputy Minister for Defence of Myanmar
Term Start:circa 1980
Term End:?
Birth Date:22 February 1927
Birth Place:Rangoon, British Burma
Death Date:15 August 2020 (aged 93–94)
Nationality:Burmese
Occupation:Military general, Union Minister
Relations:Nay Shwe Thway Aung (grandson)
Children:Nay Soe Maung
Allegiance: Myanmar
Branch:Myanmar Army
Rank: Major General

Major General Tin Sein (my|တင်စိန်, 22 February 1927 – 15 August 2020) was a Burmese military official and major general in the Myanmar Army. He has served as Deputy Minister of Defence of Myanmar under Ne Win's cabinet.[1] [2]

In 1979, he was promoted to major general in the Myanmar Army and served as a military regional command. He took on the role of the first minister in the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, which was the first to be established in Myanmar's civil sector. In 1983, he retired from the military and was appointed as the Burmese ambassador to Vietnam.[2]

Tin Sein's son, Nay Soe Maung married Kyi Kyi Shwe, the daughter of Than Shwe, Myanmar's dictator and formerly head of a military junta.[3]

Tin Sein died on 15 August 2020.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: DOZENS OF KEY BURMA OFFICIALS REPORTED PURGED. The New York Times. 21 July 1983. Colin Campbell.
  2. Book: Myoe . Maung Aung . Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948 . 22 January 2009 . Institute of Southeast Asian Studies . 978-981-230-848-1 . en.
  3. News: The Dictators: Part 6—Popular Dissent Grows. The Irrawaddy. 5 April 2013. Aung Zaw.
  4. News: Obituary for Tin Sein . 23 July 2022 . Blacker . 27 November 2021.