Soe Maung | |
Native Name Lang: | my |
Order: | Minister of the President’s Office |
Alongside: | Thein Nyunt, Soe Thein, Aung Min, Hla Tun and Tin Naing Thein |
Term Start: | 30 March 2011 |
Term End: | 30 March 2016 |
Successor: | Aung San Suu Kyi |
Order2: | Pyithu Hluttaw MP |
Constituency2: | Yesagyo Township |
Majority2: | 101,146 (76.72%)[1] |
Term Start2: | 31 January 2011 |
Term End2: | 30 March 2011 |
Predecessor2: | Constituency established |
Successor2: | Tin Htay Aung (NLD) |
Order3: | Judge Advocate General |
Party: | Union Solidarity and Development Party |
Birth Date: | 20 December 1952 |
Birth Place: | Yesagyo, Magway Division, Burma |
Nationality: | Burmese |
Spouse: | Nang Phyu Phyu Aye |
Children: | Zaw Win Shein |
Alma Mater: | Defence Services Academy |
Allegiance: | Myanmar |
Branch: | Myanmar Army |
Serviceyears: | -2011 |
Rank: | Major-General |
Soe Maung (Burmese: စိုးမောင်) is a Burmese politician and retired army general. He served as a Minister of the President's Office in Thein Sein's Cabinet along with five other ministers.[2] He is a retired Major General in the Myanmar Army and a former Judge Advocate General. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Academy.[3]
In August 2018, Soe Maung registered a new political party, Democratic Party of National Politics (DNP), in the leadup to the 2020 Myanmar general election, along with another former military officer and Auditor-General, Lun Maung.[4] [5] [6] DNP has faced allegations of being a proxy party for the military-operated Union Solidarity and Development Party because of Soe Maung's close ties to Than Shwe. Soe Maung is also a chair of Ra Hta Pa La Association (; from Pali: Raṭṭhapāla,), a nationalist organization.[7]
Soe Maung is married to Nang Phyu Phyu Aye.[8] His adopted son, Zaw Win Shein, is a businessman who established Ayeyar Hinthar Holdings in 2006.[9] [10]