Thet Naing Win Explained

Thet Naing Win
Native Name Lang:my
Order:Minister of Border Affairs
Term Start:February 2013
Term End:13 August 2015[1]
Predecessor:Thein Htay
Successor:Kyaw Swe
Order5:General Secretary of the
Office5:Union Solidarity and Development Party
Term Start5:23 August 2016
Predecessor5:Tin Naing Thein
Birth Place:Maubin, Irrawaddy Division, Burma
Nationality:Burmese
Party:Union Solidarity and Development Party
Branch:Myanmar Army
Rank: Lieutenant General
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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. Before that, he was commander of the Southeastern Regional Command (Mon State) in the 2000s. 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Top ministers resign . Eleven . 13 August 2015 . 13 August 2015 . 24 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924000234/http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/politics/top-ministers-resign . dead .
  2. News: Former Generals to Run Burma's Telecoms, Border Affairs Ministries. Nyein Nyein. 14 February 2013. The Irrawaddy. 23 July 2015. 23 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150723082859/http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/former-generals-to-run-burmas-telecom-border-affairs-ministries.html. live.
  3. News: Air force chief gets ICT post. 15 February 2013. Eleven Media Group. The Nation. 23 July 2015. 23 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150723080604/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/aec/Air-force-chief-gets-ICT-post-30200087.html. live.
  4. Web site: ဝန်ကြီးသစ် ၂ ဦးခန့်ဖို့ သမ္မတ အဆိုပြု - BBC Burmese - မြန်မာ့ရေးရာ. my. 2018-07-03. 2018-07-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20180717073324/https://www.bbc.com/burmese/burma/2013/02/130208_thein_htay_proposal. live.
  5. News: U Thein Sein steps down as USDP chair . . 24 August 2016 . 15 October 2016 . Ei Ei Toe Lwin . 18 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161018204448/http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/22121-u-thein-sein-steps-down-as-usdp-chair.html . live .