Tin Sein Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Major General
Tin Sein
Native Name Lang:my
Office:Deputy Minister for Defence of Myanmar
Term Start:early 1983
Term End:?
Birth Date:22 February 1926
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 (Burmese: တင်စိန်, 22 February 1926 – 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]

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. https://books.google.com/books?id=g4bA3Oasvn4C&dq=Tin+Sein+deputy+defence+minister&pg=PA58 Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948
  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.