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]